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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

647 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL

  CHOUTEAU COUNTY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME

  NORTH CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY.



ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.50 INCHES HAVE 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE 

BEEN IN THE VICINITY OF BIG SANDY CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL

OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST

VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4819 11018 4819 11012 4830 11006 4830 11021



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