Flash flood watch


• National Weather Service

• Friday, July 20, 2012 12:00 PM Local Time

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 504 AM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012 MTC029-053-061-089-202100- /O.CON.KMSO.FF.A.0004.120720T1800Z-120721T0600Z/ FLATHEAD-LINCOLN-MINERAL-SANDERS- 504 AM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHWEST MONTANA... FLATHEAD...LINCOLN AND SANDERS. IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... MINERAL. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * ROADS MAY BECOME INUNDATED WITH SUDDEN RAINFALL...WHILE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN...GOING TO THE SUN ROAD IN GLACIER PARK MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE AGAIN FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL 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.


Hmmm. Guess I'd better turn off the sprinkler. It looks like we are in for a big one. And with the drought that seems to be plaguing most of the rest of the country....I'm not complaining one bit.