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Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Musselshell; Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Northern Stillwater; Powder River; Northern Park; Golden Valley; Red Lodge Foothills; Northern Big Horn; Southern Rosebud; Judith Gap; Paradise Valley; Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills; Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains; Crazy Mountains; Southern Big Horn; Southeastern Carbon; Northern Sweet Grass; Bighorn Canyon; Northern Carbon; Pryor/Northern Bighorn Mountains; Melville Foothills; Northeastern Yellowstone; Southern Wheatland; Southwestern Yellowstone; Northeast Bighorn Mountains; Sheridan Foothills
Effective: 2026-09-17 @ 1:06 pm -> 2026-09-18 @ 1:15 pm
Onset: 2026-09-18 @ 7:00 pm -> 2026-09-20 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Billings MT on 2026-09-17 @ 1:06 pm
Headline: Flood Watch issued September 17 at 12:06PM MDT until September 20 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Billings MT
Description: A strong slow moving Fall storm system will impact the region from
Friday night through Sunday. Well above normal atmospheric moisture
levels combined with the dynamics from this storm system will provide
the potential for heavy rainfall during this period. Thunderstorms
embedded in the more general rainfall will have the potential to
produce flash flooding, particularly over recent burn scars.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible, along
with Flash Flooding of recent burn scars.

* WHERE...All of South Central Montana, Portions of Southeast
Montana, and Sheridan County Wyoming.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks,
streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding
may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 1 to 2.5 inches of rainfall is forecast across the watch area
Friday night through Sunday. Locally heavier accumulations up to
4 inches are possible where thunderstorm activity develops.
- 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

Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Absaroka Mountains; Cody Foothills; Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains; Bighorn Mountains West; Bighorn Mountains Southeast; Northeast Johnson County; Southeast Johnson County
Effective: 2026-09-17 @ 11:33 am -> 2026-09-18 @ 7:00 am
Onset: 2026-09-18 @ 1:00 pm -> 2026-09-20 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Riverton WY on 2026-09-17 @ 11:33 am
Headline: Flood Watch issued September 17 at 10:33AM MDT until September 20 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by moderate to heavy rainfall is
possible, especially in terrain and poor drainage areas.

* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northwest Wyoming,
including the following areas, in central Wyoming, Owl Creek and
Bridger Mountains. In north central Wyoming, Bighorn Mountains
Southeast, Bighorn Mountains West, Northeast Johnson County and
Southeast Johnson County. In northwest Wyoming, Absaroka Mountains
and Cody Foothills.

* WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive rainfall may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A slow moving weather system is forecast to trek across Wyoming
Friday through Sunday and bring abundant moisture to the region,
especially northern Wyoming, and thunderstorms. Multiple rounds
of thunderstorms are expected and will be capable of producing
moderate to heavy rainfall across the Watch Area.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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