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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
159 AM MDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
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MISSOURI HEADWATERS-MADISON RIVER VALLEY-BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN  
MADISON BELOW 6000FT-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD  
MOUNTAINS-GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL  
MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ENNIS, VIRGINIA CITY,  
SHERIDAN, PONY, AND HARRISON  
159 AM MDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS MADISON COUNTY  
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS MADISON  
COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN LESS  
THAN ONE HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
* WHERE...THE RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS MADISON COUNTY, WITH THE  
GREATEST IMPACTS FROM DEBRIS FLOWS POSSIBLE ON THE CLOUDREST,  
BIVENS CREEK, AND MCALLISTER BURN SCARS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS MADISON  
COUNTY IS EXPECTED UP TO AND DURING THE PERIOD OF THE WATCH.  
 
RESIDENTS NEAR THE RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS MADISON COUNTY SHOULD  
PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING IMPACTS. BE SURE TO STAY UP TO DATE  
WITH INFORMATION FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  
 
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND  
DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND NEAR RECENT WILDFIRE BURN SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE FORECASTING HEAVY  
RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING  
AND DEBRIS FLOWS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLAN NOW SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. KEEP INFORMED  
BY LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND  
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS.  
 

 
 

 
 
MTZ327-271600-  
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NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: JACKSON AND WISDOM  
159 AM MDT WED AUG 27 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BIG HOLLOW, GROUSE, SAWLOG, AND SOUTH  
FORK BURN SCAR NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BIG HOLLOW, GROUSE,  
SAWLOG, AND SOUTH FORK BURN SCARS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2  
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREA, NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BIG HOLLOW, GROUSE, SAWLOG, AND  
SOUTH FORK BURN SCARS IS EXPECTED UP TO AND DURING THE PERIOD OF  
THE WATCH. RESIDENTS NEAR THE BIG HOLLOW, GROUSE, SAWLOG, AND  
SOUTH FORK BURN SCARS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING  
IMPACTS. BE SURE TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH INFORMATION FROM LOCAL  
AUTHORITIES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING OF  
LOW-LYING AREAS, URBANIZED STREET FLOODING, AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN  
AND NEAR RECENT WILDFIRE BURN SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE FORECASTING HEAVY  
RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING  
AND DEBRIS FLOWS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLAN NOW SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. KEEP INFORMED  
BY LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND  
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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