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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

606 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BIG HORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.



* AT 601 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRYOR.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR NEAR YELLOWTAIL. 

TOTAL RAIN FROM THE STORMS WERE REPORTED AT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 

LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ABUNDANT STANDING WATER IN FIELDS 

AND LOW LYING AREAS. ROADWAYS NEAR YELLOWTAIL WERE REPORTED AS 

HAVING WATER RUNNING OVER THE TOP. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY 

RAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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.



LAT...LON 4502 10824 4508 10823 4511 10818 4521 10812

      4522 10870 4544 10868 4547 10864 4546 10832

      4549 10831 4549 10819 4552 10818 4553 10807

      4554 10727 4503 10714



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