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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
155 AM MDT TUE JUL 14 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 CHOTEAU, WINDHAM, MACDONALD PASS, HELENA,
MONTANA CITY, TARGHEE PASS, STANFORD, MOCCASIN, RAYNOLDS PASS,
LINCOLN, CANYON CREEK, MONARCH, WOLF CREEK, WICKES, LEWISTOWN, CRAIG,
TRIDENT, TOWNSEND, NEIHART, GEYSER, DEEP CREEK PASS, WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS, ROGERS PASS, ROCKY BOY, HOMESTAKE PASS, BATTLE RIDGE PASS,
FLOWEREE, BOZEMAN PASS, GREAT FALLS, HARRISON, BYNUM, WEST
YELLOWSTONE, FORT BENTON, BOULDER, RINGLING, KINGS HILL PASS, ELK
PARK PASS, WINSTON, HILGER, THREE FORKS, WILLOW CREEK, MARYSVILLE,
MARTINSDALE, TOSTON, PENDROY, WHITEHALL, PONY, BENCHLAND, MAUDLOW,
CLANCY, GALLATIN GATEWAY, CHECKERBOARD, RAYNESFORD, BOZEMAN, CORBIN,
CARTER, BIG SKY, FLESHER PASS, AND HOBSON
155 AM MDT TUE JUL 14 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS AND NEAR 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...
THE HORSE GULCH BURN SCAR, GREAT FALLS, BOZEMAN, HELENA,
LEWISTOWN, TOWNSEND, FORT BENTON, 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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