And Still More

THEY JUST CRANK
THESE THINGS OUT !

P.S. Fishing This Afternoon Was Spectacular

/O.NEW.KTFX.FA.Y.0012.080613T0218Z-080614T0215Z/ /00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 830 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...

BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DILLON... GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOZEMAN... MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIRGINIA CITY...SHERIDAN...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT FRIDAY

* WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY WILL INCREASE SNOWMELT IN THE MOUNTAINS. WITH SOME STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL AND SOILS MOIST FROM RECENT PRECIPITATION...THIS INCREASED RUNOFF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF SOME STREAMS. AREAS OF GREATEST CONCERN ARE GALLATIN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY WERE UP TO 3 FEET OF SNOW HAS RECENTLY FALLEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

LAT...LON 4563 11363 4558 11227 4605 11092 4480 11117 4457 11279 4545 11363 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 180DEG 0KT 4554 11350

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.. Nothing fancy; big flies that look like a sack of groceries to any hungry trout.
.. This section of the Gibbon River, below Virginia Cascade, was fishable for about two hours this afternoon, (Thursday, 6/12/08.) It probably won't come back into shape for another 10 days.
.. Despite the rosy reports from many sources - conditions guarantee that picking your water is, at best, an "iffy" proposition.
.. Make a lot of new friends when you get here - hire a guide who's seen this before - pay your money and take your chances.