THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOULA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...
* UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY.
* AT 1122 PM MDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THE RIVER IS AT 11.4 FEET
AND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH THE MORNING. MINOR
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN BITTERROOT
RIVER NEAR MISSOULA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
&&
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MONTANA...
CLARK FORK RIVER ABOVE MISSOULA AFFECTING MISSOULA COUNTY.
.WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK AND INCREASE
RIVER FLOWS.
FOR THE CLARK FORK RIVER...INCLUDING ABOVE MISSOULA...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CLARK FORK RIVER ABOVE MISSOULA.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
* AS OF 11 AM MDT JUNE 1, THE RIVER REMAINS AT 9.0 FEET. MINOR
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AS
EARLY AS SATURDAY, JUNE 6.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER IS POSSIBLE. FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO FLOOD STREETS IN THE
ORCHARD HOMES AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE NORTH END OF TOWER STREET
INCLUDING KEHRWALD DRIVE.
&&
