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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
749 AM MDT FRI APR 5 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...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 800 PM MDT.
MTC005-041-060200-
/O.CON.KTFX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LGEM8.1.RS.240404T0940Z.240405T0335Z.240408T1200Z.UU/
749 AM MDT FRI APR 5 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. NO IMPACTS WERE REPORTED, YET AREAL FLOODING DID OCCUR
BECAUSE OF SNOWMELT IN NORTHERN HILL AND NORTHERN BLAINE COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:25 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
- AFTER A CREST OF 8.6 FEET OVERNIGHT, A SECOND CREST OF 8 FEET
IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:25 AM MDT FRIDAY WAS 8.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0
FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.0 FEET ON 04/05/1978.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4868 10930 4868 11000 4899 11000 4899 10930
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