Flood Watch
NWS Billings MT ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect Through Sunday 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, along with Flash Flooding of recent burn scars.
Where
All of South Central and Southeast Montana, and Sheridan County Wyoming.
When
Through Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Additional details
- 1 to 3 inches of additional rainfall is expected across the watch area through Sunday. Locally heavier totals over 4 inches are possible where thunderstorm activity is more persistent. - The Robertson Draw, East Side, Elk, and McGhee-Remington burn scars are particularly vulnerable to Flash Flooding and debris flows during the watch period. Any other burn scars from this summer will have elevated Flash Flood potential as well. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Please monitor 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
- Fallon County, MT
- Carter County, MT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Billings MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2W0H54S4B6QF27X3VZZN203
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c87b71d95eac4db7941bb280ea7c48fc2c72e30.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Billings MT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBYZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7062
- 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 | FFABYZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KBYZ 190459 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXA.KBYZ.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-260921T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T18:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fallon County, MT
- Carter County, MT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030025 |
| SAME | 030011 |
| UGC | MTZ033 |
| UGC | MTZ037 |