Flood Watch
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
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Details
Flood Watch In Effect From 6 PM MDT This Evening Through Saturday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
The Canyon Ferry Area, Helena Valley, and Meagher County Valleys in Central Montana
When
From 6 PM MDT this evening through Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Showers and thunderstorms capable of producing hourly rainfall rates of between 0.25 inch to 0.5 inch are possible. - Some locations impacted include Helena, Townsend, and White Sulphur Springs - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Helena Valley
- Meagher County Valleys
- Canyon Ferry Area
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TP709HJVD4HWPEK6NPV723
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.01a07f6d7ad77a23df805e8d21e3a41344e89d6e.002.1
- 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.6381
- 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 | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFATFX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KTFX 181639 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTFX.FA.A.0008.260919T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T18:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Helena Valley
- Meagher County Valleys
- Canyon Ferry Area
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030049 |
| SAME | 030059 |
| SAME | 030007 |
| UGC | MTZ319 |
| UGC | MTZ321 |
| UGC | MTZ323 |