

000 

WGUS75 KBYZ 040833

FFSBYZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

232 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



MTC011-041030-

/O.CON.KBYZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080804T1030Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CARTER MT-

232 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY...



AT 225 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. THE 

LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN A 5 MILE WIDE SWATH FROM BOYES 

TO CAPITOL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGEWAY. AREA RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WILL QUICKLY SWELL AND FLOOD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS 

STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WOULD FURTHER EXACERBATE 

THE POTENTIAL FLOODING.



SOME OF THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED WILL BE...SPRING 

CREEK...WHITETAIL CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...L O CREEK AND SODA 

CREEK.



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

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

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

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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

      4506 10504



$$

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000 

WGUS75 KBYZ 040833

FFSBYZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

232 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



MTC011-041030-

/O.CON.KBYZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080804T1030Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CARTER MT-

232 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM MDT FOR

CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY...



AT 225 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. THE 

LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN A 5 MILE WIDE SWATH FROM BOYES 

TO CAPITOL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGEWAY. AREA RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WILL QUICKLY SWELL AND FLOOD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS 

STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WOULD FURTHER EXACERBATE 

THE POTENTIAL FLOODING.



SOME OF THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED WILL BE...SPRING 

CREEK...WHITETAIL CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...L O CREEK AND SODA 

CREEK.



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

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

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

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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

      4506 10504



$$

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