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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

1219 AM MDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BILLINGS



* UNTIL 615 AM MDT



* AT 1215 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH    

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CITY OF BILLINGS.             

  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED BETWEEN .75 INCHES TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN 

  THE LAST FEW HOURS CAUSING FLOODING OF NUMEROUS STREETS IN         

  DOWNTOWN BILLINGS. SEVERAL STREETS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN WILL 

BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS WHICH WILL 

EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4591 10860 4574 10870 4556 10841 4570 10817

      4590 10817



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