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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
141 AM MDT FRI AUG 4 2023
.A SLOW-MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH SATURDAY, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
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CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-SOUTHERN BIG
HORN-BIGHORN CANYON-PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF MILES CITY, BAKER, BROADUS, EKALAKA,
LAME DEER, PRYOR, LODGE GRASS, FORT SMITH, BURGESS JCT, AND
SHERIDAN
141 AM MDT FRI AUG 4 2023
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF MONTANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
BIGHORN CANYON, CARTER, CUSTER, FALLON, POWDER RIVER,
PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN BIG HORN AND SOUTHERN
ROSEBUD. PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND SHERIDAN
FOOTHILLS.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. BURN SCARS MAY ALSO BE
IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2
TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE, AND THIS MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. STAY ALERT!
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
TWH
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