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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
213 PM MDT SUN APR 27 2025
.RUNOFF FROM A COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME MID ELEVATION SNOW
MELT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN AND
DOWNSTREAM OF THE FOOTHILLS. BURN SCARS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING
IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURNED AREA.
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NORTHERN STILLWATER-NORTHERN PARK-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-PARADISE
VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH
MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN SWEET
GRASS-NORTHERN CARBON-MELVILLE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF MCLEOD, LIVINGSTON, COLUMBUS,
EMIGRANT, BIG TIMBER, BRIDGER, ABSAROKEE, FROMBERG, COOKE CITY,
CLYDE PARK, JOLIET, MELVILLE, FISHTAIL, RED LODGE, AND WILSALL
213 PM MDT SUN APR 27 2025
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT REMAINS A THREAT.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS, BEARTOOTH
FOOTHILLS, CRAZY MOUNTAINS, LIVINGSTON AREA, MELVILLE FOOTHILLS,
NORTHERN CARBON, NORTHERN PARK, NORTHERN STILLWATER, NORTHERN
SWEET GRASS, PARADISE VALLEY, RED LODGE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHEASTERN
CARBON.
* WHEN...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS.
SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO MORE PERSISTENT
RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW LEVELS
DROPPING TO 5000 FT MONDAY MORNING. RAIN FALLING ON SNOW MAY
MELT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WATER BEFORE COOLER TEMPERATURES
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO SNOW ENDING THE SNOWMELT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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SOUTHERN BIG HORN-BIGHORN CANYON-PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF FORT SMITH, LODGE GRASS, BURGESS JCT,
PRYOR, AND SHERIDAN
213 PM MDT SUN APR 27 2025
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT REMAINS A THREAT.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BIGHORN CANYON, PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHERN BIG HORN AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND SHERIDAN
FOOTHILLS.
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS.
SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ELK BURN SCAR IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLASH FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL TURN TO
MORE PERSISTENT RAIN AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWMELT MAY RESULT IN A 1 TO 3 INCH WATER
EVENT WITH RAPID RUNOFF FILLING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
VERTZ
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