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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1057 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
CLARK FORK RIVER ABOVE MISSOULA AFFECTING MISSOULA COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK MELT MAY CAUSE FLOWS IN
RIVERS TO INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL LEVELS.
FOR THE CLARK FORK RIVER...INCLUDING ABOVE MISSOULA...FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
MTC063-301800-
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1057 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...CLARK FORK RIVER ABOVE MISSOULA.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER IS POSSIBLE. FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO FLOOD STREETS IN THE
ORCHARD HOMES AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE NORTH END OF TOWER STREET
INCLUDING KEHRWALD DRIVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. CURRENT FORECAST CREST IS AT 8.6 FEET ON
THE EVENING OF JUNE 1.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MSO/HYDROLOGY
LAT...LON 4690 11395 4691 11390 4690 11387 4684 11382
4685 11391 4684 11403 4686 11413 4690 11410
4691 11402
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