

000 

WGUS55 KGGW 180022

FFWGGW

MTC085-180615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

522 PM MST MON MAR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 1115 PM MST



* AT 515 PM MST(615 PM CST)...ROOSEVELT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF 

EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR REPORTED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

FROID...AND WATER RISING OVER HIGHWAY 2 NEAR BAINVILLE FROM RUNOVER 

OF THE SHEEP CREEK. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY 

HAVE BEEN RISING SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE COMBINATION 

OF SNOWMELT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND ONGOING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EARLY EVENING. WITH CONTINUED RAIN THIS EVENING...MANY OF THESE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.   



* A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM IS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL IN     

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH         

  SNOWMELT...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. MUCH OF EASTERN ROOSEVELT    

  COUNTY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING. 

  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER 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.



LAT...LON 4855 10498 4818 10494 4809 10410 4837 10414

          4838 10467



.END



$$



VALONE



000 

WGUS55 KGGW 180022

FFWGGW

MTC085-180615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

522 PM MST MON MAR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 1115 PM MST



* AT 515 PM MST(615 PM CST)...ROOSEVELT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF 

EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR REPORTED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

FROID...AND WATER RISING OVER HIGHWAY 2 NEAR BAINVILLE FROM RUNOVER 

OF THE SHEEP CREEK. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY 

HAVE BEEN RISING SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE COMBINATION 

OF SNOWMELT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND ONGOING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EARLY EVENING. WITH CONTINUED RAIN THIS EVENING...MANY OF THESE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.   



* A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM IS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL IN     

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH         

  SNOWMELT...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. MUCH OF EASTERN ROOSEVELT    

  COUNTY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING. 

  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER 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.



LAT...LON 4855 10498 4818 10494 4809 10410 4837 10414

          4838 10467



.END



$$



VALONE

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