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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
648 AM MDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS MT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
LODGE CREEK NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER AFFECTING HILL AND BLAINE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE LODGE CREEK...INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL BORDER...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1015 PM MDT.
MTC005-041-050415-
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/LGEM8.1.RS.240404T0940Z.240407T0600Z.240410T1200Z.NO/
648 AM MDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LODGE CREEK NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.3 FEET, APRIL 24 2018 - LODGE CREEK ROSE TO NEAR
10.3 FEET THIS YEAR. NO IMPACTS WERE REPORTED, YET AREAL FLOODING
DID OCCUR BECAUSE OF SNOWMELT IN NORTHERN HILL AND NORTHERN BLAINE
COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:25 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 9.3 FEET THIS WEEKEND.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:25 AM MDT THURSDAY WAS 7.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE CREEK WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE GREATEST FLOOD IMPACTS WILL LIKELY
BE FOR AREAS CLOSE TO THE CREEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.4 FEET ON 04/22/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4868 10930 4868 11000 4899 11000 4899 10930
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