Flood — Missoula, Montana

2018-06-18 to 2018-06-26 · near Missoula Southwest, Missoula, Montana

Event narrative

Flooding returned to the Orchard Homes area, primarily on Tower Street and Kehrwald Drive with water into homes, travel was also impacted. An important note is the previously established flood stage was much too high due to changes in channeling from the earlier flooding late April into early June.

Wider weather episode

A cut-off low pressure system brought 1 to 3 inches of rain to the upper part of the Clark Fork River Basin resulting in significant stream and river rises. High elevation snow melt also added to the water flow issues.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 757435. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.