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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

1141 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 1118 AM MDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  A HIGH VOLUME OF WATER WILL REACH THE COONEY RESERVOIR BY EARLY

  THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WATER WILL SPILL OVER THE RESERVOIR...FLOODING

  LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF COONEY DAM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG RED LODGE AND ROCK    

  CREEKS DOWNSTREAM OF COONEY DAM. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES  

  OF BOYD...JOLIET...ROCKVALE...AND SILESIA. THE CLARKS FORK         

  NORTHEAST OF SILESIA WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING.



RESIDENTS DOWNSTREAM FROM COONEY RESERVOIR SHOULD BE PREPARED TO 

EVACUATE SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN THEIR AREA. RANCHERS SHOULD 

MOVE THEIR LIVESTOCK TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU OBSERVE 

FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY 

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO 

CROSS SAFELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION BY 

TUNING IN TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.



LAT...LON 4539 10933 4538 10902 4545 10895 4549 10879 4562 10881     

          4546 10920 4543 10933



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