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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

1223 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA...



* UNTIL 430 AM MDT



* AT 1220 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

AND BOYES.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN RIDGEWAY AND BOYES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO THIS AREA AND WILL DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 3 AM MDT. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL QUICKLY 

RISE AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT WILL BE 

ESPECIALLY IMPACTED WILL BE...



SPRING CREEK...WHITETAIL CREEK...HAY CREEK AND SODA CREEK.



PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THESE CREEKS...AND IN LOCATIONS BETWEEN 

BOYES AND RIDGEWAY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RISING WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM MDT MONDAY

MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA.



LAT...LON 4550 10498 4550 10405 4508 10406 4508 10427

      4506 10504



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