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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1051 PM MDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
LODGE CREEK NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER AFFECTING BLAINE AND HILL
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM MDT.
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1051 PM MDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR 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 FEET THIS YEAR. NO IMPACTS WERE REPORTED, YET AREAL FLOODING
DID OCCUR BECAUSE OF SNOWMELT IN NORTHERN HILL AND NORTHERN BLAINE
COUNTIES. THE GAUGE IS ACTUALLY IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:25 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 9.4 FEET THIS WEEKEND.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:25 PM MDT THURSDAY WAS 8.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.4
FEET SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.4 FEET ON 04/07/1969.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4868 10930 4868 11000 4899 11000 4899 10930
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