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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

225 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 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 MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 225 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP FROM LEWIS AND CLARK 

COUNTY...SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN IDAHO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE BURN AREAS AND ARE CAPABLE OF RAINFALLS 

APPROACHING AN INCH.



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 4670 11215 4679 11157 4627 11112 4623 11226

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