NWS Issues Flood Advisory for Area

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED AN

 * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN...

   CHOUTEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA...

   EASTERN PORTIONS OF PONDERA...TETON...AND CASCADE COUNTIES IN     

   CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...

   JUDITH BASIN AND WESTERN FERGUS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MONTANA...

   SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TOOLE...LIBERTY...AND HILL COUNTIES IN NORTH 

   CENTRAL MONTANA...

 * UNTIL 545 PM MDT

 * AT 1150 AM MDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE INCH HAVE FALLEN SO FAR THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF   

   ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ARE ANTICIPATED.

 * THIS STEADY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME STREAMS TO SPILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND RAPID RISES ON RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

 * CLOSURES OF LOCAL RURAL ROADS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

 * RAINFALL INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON...WITH RAINFALL LIKELY ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.