Expires:201306130300;Remove:201306130300;513332 WGUS55 KTFX 122256 FFWTFX MTC007-043-049-130300- /O.NEW.KTFX.FF.W.0003.130612T2256Z-130613T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 456 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BROADWATER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 448 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WINSTON. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINSTON...YORK...CLANCY...MONTANA CITY. THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 72. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTANA CITY...WINSTON...YORK AND CLANCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4667 11165 4668 11145 4639 11144 4638 11200 4657 11197 $$ MLV