Heavy Rain in Ravalli County, Montana

Heavy Rain July 15, 2014 · Ravalli County, Montana

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A person from the public reported 0.50 of rainfall that fell in 15 minutes. A person from Florence measured 0.74 that fell in 15 minutes as well.

The wider storm

A upper level low centered over west-central Washington State at 6 am MDT on July 14 slowly moved eastward across western Montana by 6 am on July 15 and then moved east to central Montana later that evening. Due to the above normal amounts of atmospheric moisture with origins from the sub-tropics, the thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall in a short amount of time.

Began near Stevensville (46.5614, -113.9907).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 530677. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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