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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1201 AM MDT FRI AUG 1 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE ELK BURN AREA IN...
WESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...
* UNTIL 300 AM MDT.
* AT 1201 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ELK BURN AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.2 TO 0.4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER
LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND
THE ELK BURN AREA.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE ELK BURN
AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN TO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE ELK BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS, ROADS, AND NORMALLY DRY COULEES
IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE ELK BURN AREA IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE
FLASH FLOODING, THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES,
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4500 10735 4494 10732 4485 10717 4476 10707
4466 10704 4462 10708 4466 10715 4465 10721
4469 10727 4472 10724 4474 10731 4479 10737
4481 10750 4482 10750 4484 10748 4482 10756
4484 10760 4494 10769 4499 10766 4500 10763
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
TESAR
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