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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
216 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
WEST CENTRAL SWEET GRASS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT.
* AT 216 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, INCLUDING THE
BOULDER RIVER SOUTH OF MC LEOD, AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PARK AND WEST CENTRAL SWEET GRASS
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4540 11022 4540 11026 4541 11027 4542 11029
4546 11031 4550 11030 4554 11025 4560 11020
4563 11013 4561 11013 4555 11017 4551 11015
4545 11014 4540 11017
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ARENDS
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