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Flash Flood Watch
MTZ009>013-044>051-200545-
/O.CON.KTFX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130620T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-
CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CUT BANK...HAVRE...
GREAT FALLS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...SHELBY...CHESTER...
CONRAD...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN
228 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MONTANA...
CASCADE...FERGUS AND JUDITH BASIN. IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
BLAINE...CHOUTEAU...EASTERN GLACIER...EASTERN PONDERA...
EASTERN TETON...HILL...LIBERTY...NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN
FRONT...SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND TOOLE.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
INITIALLY DEVELOP OVER MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOILS ARE STILL NEARLY SATURATED IN
SPOTS...AND MUCH OF THE ANTICIPATED RAINFALL WILL RUN
OFF...POSSIBLY CAUSING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

* AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 15 ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAN OTHERS
TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THIS SYSTEM. SOILS THERE REMAIN MOSTLY
SATURATED...AND THAT AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE THE GREATEST
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
MTC005-007-013-015-027-035-041-043-045-049-051-059-073-099-101-
200400-
/O.NEW.KTFX.SV.A.0328.130619T2105Z-130620T0400Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN MONTANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MONTANA

CASCADE FERGUS JUDITH BASIN
MEAGHER

IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA

BLAINE CHOUTEAU GLACIER
HILL LIBERTY PONDERA
TETON TOOLE

IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA

BROADWATER JEFFERSON LEWIS AND CLARK

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BIG SANDY...BOULDER...BROWNING...
CHESTER...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...CLANCY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...
FAIRFIELD...FORT BENTON...GREAT FALLS...HARLEM...HAVRE...HAYS...
HEART BUTTE...HELENA...HOBSON...LEWISTOWN...LINCOLN...
MONTANA CITY...SHELBY...STANFORD...TOWNSEND...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND WHITEHALL.

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Special Weather Statement
MTZ012-013-050-054-192245-
CASCADE MT-CHOUTEAU MT-JUDITH BASIN MT-MEAGHER MT-
403 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MEAGHER...
NORTHWESTERN JUDITH BASIN...SOUTHWESTERN CHOUTEAU AND CASCADE
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 400 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BELT TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CASCADE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GREAT FALLS...
BELT...BLACK EAGLE...STOCKETT...CENTERVILLE...SAND COULEE...TRACY AND
MALMSTROM AFB.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.


LAT...LON 4729 11063 4674 11125 4732 11170 4769 11106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 147DEG 19KT 4732 11093 4705 11130

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