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FLWTFX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
349 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024

...The National Weather Service in Great Falls MT has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Montana...

  Clear Creek at Chinook affecting Blaine County.

For the Clear Creek...including Chinook...Moderate flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 200 PM MDT.

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349 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Clear Creek at Chinook.

* WHEN...From early this morning until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 6.5 feet, Machinist Road not passable. Clear Creek
  Road covered by water in two locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:30 AM MDT Wednesday the stage was 7.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 3:30 AM MDT Wednesday was 7.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise to 7.2 feet this afternoon. It
    is then forecast to fall below flood stage just after
    midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    6.4 feet on 04/12/2018.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4835 10950 4858 10944 4859 10938 4853 10935
      4835 10940


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