Billings and Yellowstone county are under a flash flood warning around 10pm Thursday night.
| NWS: Weather Alert Yellowstone County, MT – Flash Flood Warning from THU 7:14 PM MDT until THU 10:15 PM MDT ISSUED AT: June, 08 2023 at 7:14 PM None EXPIRES AT: June, 08 2023 at 10:15 PM None THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA… * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT. * AT 714 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF LAUREL OVER SPRING CREEK AND DUCK CREEK. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. HAZARD…FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS. SOURCE…RADAR. IMPACT…FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE… CROW INDIAN RESERVATION. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF LAUREL OR BILLINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE ON OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS, FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT IN PLACES. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS AND REQUEST THEY PASS THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS. && FLASH FLOOD…RADAR INDICATED |
