WATERS AND ROAD CLOSURES AS
THESNOWMELTS.PEOPLE ALONG
STRETCHES OF FORESTVALE AND KERR
DRIVE ARE AMONG SOME OF
THE HARDEST HIT.IN THAT AREA,
YOU’LL FIND SANDBAGS
METICULOUSLYPLAC
EDAROUND SOME HOMESTO PROTECT
THEM FROM WATER DAMAGE.WE SPOKE
WITH A FAMILY WHO LIVES JUST A
FEW HOUSES DOWN FROM WHERE ALL
THIS FLOODING IS.THEY SAID
THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH FLOODING
BEFORE IN 20-11 AND ARE
CONCERNED THAT THE WATER COULD
SOON REACH
THEIR HOME AGAIN.THEY HAVEN’T
TAKEN THE NEXT STEP OF PUTTING
OUT SANDBAGS, BUT ARE WEIGHING
THE OPTION CLOSELY.HOWEVER,
NEIGHBORS SAY ONE OF THE BIGGER
ANNOYANCE IS THE LOOKIE LOOS
HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE
HIGH WATERS.###




{"THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THE
FLOOD WATER AND IT CAUSES WAKES
TO GO INTO PEOPLE’S PROPERTY AND
IT
CAUSES WATER TO GO OVER THE
SANDBAGS AND DAMAGE BASEMENTS
WE NEED TO BE WALKING ON AND
SANDBAGING"###}




[***MFROST***]EMERGENCY
COORDINATORS IN LEWIS AND CLAR
COUNTY OPENED A SANDBAG
DISTRIBUTION STATION AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS...
ONE DAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.THE
COUNTYPLANNED
TO START PROVIDING SANDBAGS
SATURDAY...
BUT DECIDED TO BEGIN
TODAY AFTER EXAMINING CONDITIONS
ON TENMILE CREEK.THE
CREEK FLOODED LAST WEEKEND AND
WATER HAS REMAINED HIGH ALL
WEEK.SANDBAGS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE
TO RESIDENTS OF LEWIS AND CLAR
COUNTY AND PEOPLE CAN PICK THEM
UP SATURDAY FROMSEVEN IN THE
MORNING UNTIL 10 AT NIGHT.PEOPLE
WILL NEED TO FILL THEIR OWN
SANDBAGS BUT
VOLUNTEER GROUPS HAVE BEEN
INVITED TO HELP.COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
LINCOLN AND AUGUSTA WILL ALSO
HAVE ACCESS TO SANDBAGS AND
SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL FIRE
CHIEFS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.######
[(***MFROST***)]TIME FOR FIRST
WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
CURTIS GREVENITZ.




[(***CGREVENITZ***)]{***AD-LIB
WEATHER***}{FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR...
RAIN AND
SNOWMELT IN...
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MONTANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
MONDAY * AS OF THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
CONTINUE TO REPORT MINOR
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK COUN
