Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Great Falls, MT

Issued

Jun 12, 1997, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 1997, 7:45 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Great Falls, MT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cascade County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Meagher County, MT

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KGTF 121939
FFWGTF
MTC045-013-059-130145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
140 PM MDT THU JUN 12 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...JUDITH BASIN COUNTY
   ...EASTERN CASCADE COUNTY
   ...EASTERN MEAGHER COUNTY
 
AT 130 PM...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS FALLING OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL MEAGHER COUNTY...AND OVER THE
LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS OVER SOUTHEAST CASCADE AND NORTHEAST MEAGHER
COUNTIES. THIS RAIN WAS OCCURING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND
HIGH FLOWING STREAMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
EVENING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
&

In the hours before

MTZ012-121930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1245 PM MDT THU JUN 12 1997

AT 1240 PM...CASCADE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF THE
BELT AND WILLOW CREEK AREAS OVER THE HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS IS A COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD AND IT IS RARE FOR THESE FUNNEL CLOUD
CLOUDS TO TOUCH DOWN TO THE GROUND. HOWEVER IF THE TORNADO DOES TOUCH
THE GROUND THE FUNNEL CLOUD BECOMES A TORNADO. RESIDENTS NEAR THE WILLOW
CREEK AND BELT AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND IF ANY
SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT (406)
453-2081.
&

MTZ012-121930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1245 PM MDT THU JUN 12 1997

AT 1240 PM...CASCADE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF THE
BELT AND WILLOW CREEK AREAS OVER THE HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS IS A COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD AND IT IS RARE FOR THESE FUNNEL CLOUD
CLOUDS TO TOUCH DOWN TO THE GROUND. HOWEVER IF THE TORNADO DOES TOUCH
THE GROUNDN THE FUNNEL CLOUD BECOMES A TORNADO. RESIDENTS NEAR THE WILLOW
CREEK AND BELT AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND IF ANY
SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT (406)
453-2081.
&

Flash Flood Warnings in Montana, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.