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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

955 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAJOR BURN AREAS OF LEWIS AND CLARK...BROADWATER...AND JEFFERSON   

  COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND THE CANYON FERRY

  COMPLEX...BOULDER HILL/HIGH ORE COMPLEX...AND THE TOSTON/MAUDLOW

  COMPLEX...



* UNTIL 400 PM MDT



* AT 930 AM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF 

KIMS MARINA ON CAVE CREEK. FLOWING MUD AND WATER WAS REPORTED GOING 

OVER THE ROAD. AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST 

TOWARD THE AREA...AND WILL LIKELY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS AROUND THE BURN AREAS. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER OR MUD COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER AND MUD DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREAT FALLS.



LAT...LON 4639 11219 4627 11121 4673 11155 4686 11235

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