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Flood — Cascade, MT

Jun 19, 2018

A slow-moving low pressure system accompanied by unusually-large amounts of moisture affected Montana on the 16th through 19th of June. This system resulted in widespread steady to heavy rainfall across southwest and north-central Montana. The highest rain totals were concentrated along the Rocky Mountain Front, where up to about 8-inches of storm-total rainfall were recorded and resulted from northeasterly to easterly low-level upslope flow enhancing precipitation. Numerous rivers flooded and R

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 760604). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Cascade, MT

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