Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Missoula, MT
Areas Affected: West Glacier Region; Flathead/Mission Valleys; Potomac/Seeley Lake Region
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Alert Sent: Sunday 11:14am MDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 11:14am MDT
Alert Expires: Monday 3:00am MDT
Event Onset: Sunday 3:00pm MDT
Event Ends: Monday 3:00am MDT
Issued by: NWS Missoula MT
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Montana, including the following areas, in northwest Montana, foothills and higher terrain from the West Glacier Region to Mission Mountains. * WHEN...From 3 PM MDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. High country mudslides are possible, especially near steep terrain which could endanger hikers. The upper portions of the Going-To-The-Sun Road is vulnerable to rockfall or debris flow. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Anomalous subtropical moisture combined with a slow-moving weather front will trigger moderate to heavy rainfall rates over the region by late Sunday afternoon into the evening hours. High resolution weather models depict rain-rates exceeding 0.30 to 0.50 inches per hour in the mountains. With a lot of people recreating and camping in the region, this could become very dangerous very quickly. - Https://www.weather.gov/mso/hydrology
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9eb25196ee6246d123849e26d21f39db6573af30.001.1 Codes: MTZ002, MTZ003, MTZ043 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9eb25196ee6246d123849e26d21f39db6573af30.001.1