Yellowstone County Under A Flood Watch…All Weekend

From what I gather we may in for 5 to 6 days of rain in a row, which started

yesterday.  Careful on highways too.  I-25 heading into Casper yesterday was no picnic.

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON…

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING…INCLUDING THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN MONTANA…BIG HORN…CARBON…

CARTER…CUSTER…FALLON…GOLDEN VALLEY…MUSSELSHELL…

PARK…POWDER RIVER…ROSEBUD…STILLWATER…SWEET GRASS…

TREASURE…WHEATLAND AND YELLOWSTONE. IN NORTH CENTRAL

WYOMING…SHERIDAN.

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* HALF AN INCH TO OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

THE AREA SINCE THURSDAY MORNING…WITH A REPORT OF OVER 2 INCHES

IN THE EASTERN BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE WEST OF A FORSYTH TO CROW

AGENCY LINE…PARTICULARLY IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BIG

HORN…PRYOR AND THE BEARTOOTH ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS.

* STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE SHOWING RISES THIS MORNING DUE TO THE

PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. STREAMS IN THE FOOTHILLS

OF SHERIDAN AND BIG HORN COUNTY AS WELL AS THE TONGUE AND POWDER

RIVER HAVE SHOWN SHARP RISES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS…THOUGH THEY

REMAIN WELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON ALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WITH

FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. LARGER RIVERS WILL SEE A SLOWER RISE

WHICH WILL CONTINUE OVER A LONGER PERIOD AS THE SMALLER

TRIBUTARIES FEED INTO THEM. RESIDENTS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS

SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IF HIGH WATER IS ENCOUNTERED.

here’s the skinny on the weather

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=45.786679041363726&lon=-108.50921630859375&site=byz&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en