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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
542 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
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SHERIDAN WY-
542 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ELK BURN AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY...
AT 542 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE ELK BURN AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW.
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...
DAYTON.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 4482 10749 4490 10725 4485 10717 4476 10707
4472 10724 4474 10731 4477 10736 4479 10737
4481 10743
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ARENDS
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