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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

615 PM MDT THU AUG 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE CAVE GULCH BURN AREA ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF CANYON FERRY RESERVOIR



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT



* AT 612 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12        

  MILES NORTHEAST OF HELENA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF 

  HEAVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN WINSTON AND TOWNSEND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... 

  THE CAVE GULCH BURN AREA BY 630 PM.



THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE BURNED AREA FROM THE FIRES OF 2000 WILL 

CAUSE DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF 

CANYON FERRY RESERVOIR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREAT FALLS.



LAT...LON 4668 11200 4658 11173 4675 11168 4689 11185

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