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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

705 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CARBON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RED LODGE AND ROBERTS.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.



* AT 700 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED 

  LODGE...ROBERTS AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 212.



HEAVY RAIN SINCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS WESTERN CARBON COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 

REPORTED THAT STRETCHES OF SEVERAL HIGHWAYS ARE UNDER WATER. THIS 

INCLUDES HIGHWAY 212 FROM RED LODGE TO ROBERTS AND HIGHWAY 78 FROM 

RED LODGE TO ROSCOE. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE DO 

NOT TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.



IN ADDITION...FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MUCH OF THE TOWN OF 

ROBERTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BILLINGS.



LAT...LON 4499 10980 4517 10980 4518 10969 4525 10969

      4526 10961 4538 10953 4546 10936 4546 10920

      4551 10919 4552 10913 4558 10912 4561 10899

      4499 10900



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