Flood Advisory
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1015 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Minor flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected over the Sand Creek Fire Burn Scar.
Where
West Central Beaverhead County in southwestern Montana...
When
Until 1015 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding and debris flow around the Sand Creek Fire.
Additional details
- At 709 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the Sand Creek Fire Burn Scar. Up to 0.4 inches of rain have fallen. - Sand Creek Fire Burn Scar is the most likely place to experience minor flooding. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.1 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sand Creek Fire Burn Scar. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. The heavy rains will likely trigger minor flooding and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
Affected areas
- Beaverhead County, MT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S1HG5WJCYX105BF71TA37E
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dcc5cc8c8012e3ecdd6810a88eb93a7968f220af.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.1992
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSTFX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KTFX 180119 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTFX.FA.Y.0043.260918T0119Z-260918T0415Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T22:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Beaverhead County, MT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030001 |
| UGC | MTC001 |
- Polygons
- 45.56,-113.45 45.56,-113.3 45.38,-113.3 45.38,-113.44 45.49,-113.45 45.56,-113.45