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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
216 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2026
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SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS-WESTERN AND
CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY-BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BLAINE-
CASCADE COUNTY BELOW 5000FT-JUDITH BASIN COUNTY AND JUDITH GAP-
FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT-UPPER BLACKFOOT AND MACDONALD PASS-
GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS-LITTLE BELT AND HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS-SNOWY
AND JUDITH MOUNTAINS-HELENA VALLEY-BIG BELT, BRIDGER AND CASTLE
MOUNTAINS-MEAGHER COUNTY VALLEYS-ELKHORN AND BOULDER MOUNTAINS-
CANYON FERRY AREA-MISSOURI HEADWATERS-GALLATIN VALLEY-GALLATIN
AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WOLF CREEK, WICKES, WHITEHALL, BATTLE RIDGE
PASS, BOZEMAN PASS, GREAT FALLS, RINGLING, TOWNSEND, HOMESTAKE PASS,
TOSTON, CHECKERBOARD, NEIHART, ELK PARK PASS, MONARCH, GALLATIN
GATEWAY, FORT BENTON, MOCCASIN, MONTANA CITY, HILGER, LINCOLN, PONY,
TARGHEE PASS, CHOTEAU, FLOWEREE, CARTER, DEEP CREEK PASS,
MARTINSDALE, BOULDER, WINSTON, ROGERS PASS, HELENA, CLANCY, CORBIN,
CRAIG, WILLOW CREEK, BOZEMAN, HOBSON, MARYSVILLE, WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS, LEWISTOWN, MAUDLOW, STANFORD, THREE FORKS, GEYSER, WINDHAM,
KINGS HILL PASS, ROCKY BOY, WEST YELLOWSTONE, RAYNOLDS PASS,
BENCHLAND, HARRISON, TRIDENT, PENDROY, BYNUM, FLESHER PASS, MACDONALD
PASS, RAYNESFORD, CANYON CREEK, AND BIG SKY
216 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS AND ALONG BURN
SCARS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED BY THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESSIVE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREAT FALLS, BOZEMAN, HELENA, LEWISTOWN, TOWNSEND, FORT BENTON,
WEST YELLOWSTONE, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, CASCADE, BIG SANDY,
STANFORD, LINCOLN, BELGRADE, EAST HELENA, THREE FORKS, MANHATTAN,
BELT, GERALDINE, DENTON, HOBSON AND THE HORSE GULCH BURN SCAR.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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