Flood Advisory
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 145 PM MDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Meagher County in central Montana... East Central Broadwater County in southwestern Montana...
When
Until 145 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. River or stream flows are elevated.
Additional details
- At 746 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Central Meagher and East Central Broadwater Counties. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Broadwater County, MT
- Meagher County, MT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WYNV6KZXRCE5QTMZP2SYCE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d6ab4d2cf1a9dea3680e671f0d9c85944d3d5a79.001.1
- 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.2360
- 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 191346 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTFX.FA.Y.0044.260919T1346Z-260919T1945Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T13:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Broadwater County, MT
- Meagher County, MT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030007 |
| SAME | 030059 |
| UGC | MTC007 |
| UGC | MTC059 |
- Polygons
- 46.5,-111.26 46.52,-111.17 46.54,-111.16 46.53,-111.11 46.55,-111.11 46.55,-111.07 46.53,-111.06 46.53,-111.03 46.51,-111.01 46.49,-111.03 46.46,-111.03 46.44,-111.05 46.44,-111.08 46.4,-111.1 46.4,-111.12 46.43,-111.13 46.43,-111.2 46.46,-111.21 46.45,-111.25 46.49,-111.26 46.5,-111.26