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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
748 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA...
WEST CENTRAL MUSSELSHELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT.
* AT 748 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER CURRANT CREEK AND MERRILLS SPRING CREEK. BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL GOLDEN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL
MUSSELSHELL COUNTIES, ESPECIALLY ALONG CURRANT CREEK AND MERRILLS
SPRING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE ON OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS, FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE DAMAGED OR
WASHED OUT IN PLACES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS AND
REQUEST THEY PASS THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BILLINGS.
LAT...LON 4635 10894 4635 10909 4640 10916 4639 10916
4646 10922 4646 10920 4649 10919 4651 10912
4650 10910 4651 10910 4647 10906 4648 10905
4641 10893 4641 10885 4643 10877 4639 10864
4635 10867 4637 10870 4637 10879 4636 10879
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
LESTER
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