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WGUS55 KBYZ 160628

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MTC017-087-161500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

1130 PM MST SAT MAR 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ROSEBUD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 800 AM MST



* AT 930 PM MST...AN ICE JAM ON THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER JUST WEST OF

  HATHAWAY BROKE AND CAUSED A SURGE OF WATER TO FLOW RAPIDLY         

  DOWNSTREAM.  THIS SURGE OF WATER RESULTED IN FLOODING ALONG THE    

  YELLOWSTONE RIVER IN HATHAWAY.  AS THIS WATER SURGE MOVES          

  DOWNSTREAM...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE UP TO 10 TO 15 MILES        

  DOWNSTREAM OF HATHAWAY.  



PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER FROM HATHAWAY TO 15 MILES 

EAST OF HATHAWAY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 



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LAT...LON 4629 10623 4624 10619 4629 10607 4633 10613

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