Flash Flood Watch
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Watch For The Sand Creek And Bobcat Lakes Burn Scars In Effect From Friday Afternoon Through Saturday Afternoon
- Event
- Flash Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Monitor
Description
What
Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive rainfall are possible over the Sand Creek and Bobcat Lakes Burn Scars.
Where
A portion of southwest Montana, including the following areas, Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft and Northwest Beaverhead County.
When
From Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
Heavy rainfall over the Sand Creek and Bobcat Lakes Burn Scars is expected up to and during the period of the watch. Residents near the Sand Creek and Bobcat Lakes Burn Scars should prepare for potential debris flow. Be sure to stay up to date with information from local authorities. Heavy rainfall could trigger flash flooding of low-lying areas, urbanized street flooding, and debris flows in and near recent wildfire burn scars.
Additional details
- National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy rainfall over the burn scar, which may lead to flash flooding and debris flows. - Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Areas near the Sand Creek and Bobcat Lakes Burn Scars. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Affected areas
- Northwest Beaverhead County
- Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2R2KW1JVZ55PKVAFXDJXG14
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4b7fe3fa5985c944a69ce01f4a0b01117e46fdc3.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Great Falls MT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTFX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6076
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FFA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFATFX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KTFX 171618 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SAND CREEK AND BOBCAT LAKES BURN SCARS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTFX.FF.A.0007.260918T2100Z-260920T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T18:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northwest Beaverhead County
- Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030001 |
| SAME | 030057 |
| UGC | MTZ327 |
| UGC | MTZ328 |