High winter temps create flood concerns, expected to continue
A stretch of unseasonably warm days coupled with copious rainfall on top of a deep valley snowpack had meteorologists concerned about flooding potential last week.
A flood watch was issued Thursday for all of Northwest Montana, including Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. The watch began Saturday afternoon and lasted through Monday afternoon.
An atmospheric river brought a significant warm up along with widespread rain Saturday into this week, the National Weather Service in Missoula warned. As the system arrived in Western Montana, the snow level was expected to rise above 5,000 feet with some mountain locations predicted to see more than an inch of rain.
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