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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1137 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
FLATHEAD RIVER AT COLUMBIA FALLS AFFECTING FLATHEAD COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK MELT MAY CAUSE FLOWS IN
RIVERS TO INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL LEVELS.
FOR THE FLATHEAD RIVER...INCLUDING AT COLUMBIA FALLS...FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
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.
MTC029-301800-
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1137 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...FLATHEAD RIVER AT COLUMBIA FALLS.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, FARMERS CROPS ADJACENT TO THE FLATHEAD
RIVER ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER. AT 14.0 FEET, FLOODING OF FARMERS
CROPS ADJACENT TO THE FLATHEAD RIVER IS LIKELY. SECTIONS OF THE
STEEL BRIDGE ROAD BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. FORECAST CREST IS 14.1 FEET ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MSO/HYDROLOGY
LAT...LON 4818 11414 4816 11412 4812 11411 4810 11408
4804 11411 4805 11415 4813 11417 4811 11422
4818 11430 4825 11426 4833 11425 4838 11421
4840 11412 4847 11411 4845 11400 4837 11402
4832 11416 4828 11418 4825 11418 4818 11423
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