AROUND
THE HELENA AREA.SOME MINOR
FLOODING ALONG TENMILE CREEK,
NEAR THE GREEN MEADOW COUNTRY
CLUB HAS BEEN REPORTED.COUNTY
EMERGENCY LEADERS SAY THE CREEK
ONLY ROSE OVER ITS BANKS IN A
FEW PLACES, BUT IT IS RUNNING
HIGH.THEY SAY THEY WILL BE
MONITORING
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND,
ESPECIALLY IN
LINCOLN AND AUGUSTA, WHERE MORE
PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED.EMERGENCY LEADERS ASK
ANYONE WHO LIVES IN A
FLOOD-PRONE
AREA TO BE READY, IN CASE
CONDITIONS CHANGE SUDDENLY.###




{”IF WE HAVE TO DECLARE AN
EMERGENCY AND GIVE OUT SANDBAGS,
IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR YOUR
PROPERTY.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THIS ISSUE.
THEY NEED TO BE AWARE
AND MONITOR THE WEATHER, THEY
NEED TO MONITOR THE CREEK LEVEL
THEMSELVES, AND IF THEY
FEEL THEY NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO
PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY, DO
IT.”}[(***DCARLSON***)]
COUNTY LEADERS ENCOURAGE
RESIDENTS TO CLEAR A
CULVERTS AND OTHER DRAINAGES ON
THEIR PROPERTY, AND CONSIDER
PURCHASING SANDBAGS IF THEY
THINK THEY MIGHT NEED THEM.###




[(***DCARLSON***)]THE WEATHER
WAS SO GREAT TODAY I WAS DRIVING
AROUND IN
THE NEWS CAR WITH LYNYRD SKYNYRD
ON THE RADIO SET AT "NERVE
DAMAGE".TIME FOR FIRST WEATHER
AND CURTIS.
# # #




[(***CGREVENITZ***)]{***AD-LIB
WEATHER***}{A FLOOD ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FO
TENMILE CREEK IN SOUTHERN LEWIS
CLARK COUNTY THROUGH THIS
UPCOMING WEEKEND.
SNOWMELT FROM WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR WATER
LEVELS TO CONTINUE TO RISE WHICH
MAY BEGIN TO CAUSE MORE
WATER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND
PREPARE TO TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY IF YOU LIVE NEAR
TENMILE CREEK.
ALSO, WITH WATER RISES
EXPECTED, SOME AREA ROADS MAY
BECOME IMPACTED.
REMEMBER, TURN AROUND, DON'T
DROW
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS!}{HELENA}{TONIGHT MOSTLY
CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 43.
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS BETWEEN NOON AND 3PM,
78.
CALM
WIND BECOMING SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5
TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 20%.
}{GREAT FALLS:}{TONIGHT CLEAR,
WITH A LOW AROUND 44.
EAST SOUTHEAST WIND 5
TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR
81.
CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
}




[(***DCARLSON***)]THE U-S FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TODAY
REAFFIRM
