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WGUS85 KTFX 050230
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
830 PM MDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
LODGE CREEK NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER AFFECTING HILL AND BLAINE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE LODGE CREEK...INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL BORDER...MODERATE
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM MDT.
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830 PM MDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...LODGE CREEK NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.3 FEET, APRIL 24 2018 - LODGE CREEK ROSE TO NEAR
10.3. NO IMPACTS WERE REPORTED, YET AREAL FLOODING DID OCCUR
BECAUSE OF SNOWMELT IN NORTHERN HILL AND NORTHERN BLAINE COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:25 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 9.8 FEET THIS WEEKEND.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:25 PM MDT THURSDAY WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.8
FEET SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.0 FEET ON 04/05/1958.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4868 10930 4868 11000 4899 11000 4899 10930
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