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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

432 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DILLON...

  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIRGINIA CITY...SHERIDAN...



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT



* AT 424 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALDER...DILLON...SHERIDAN...TWIN

  BRIDGES AND VIRGINIA CITY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE 

THROUGH THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4540 11280 4573 11210 4532 11175 4508 11267



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