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Red Flag Warning — Gallatin National Forest +12

Possible damage: Fire

Red Flag Warning issued August 8 at 2:47PM MDT until August 8 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Billings MT

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Moderate significance Active Prepare Billings, MT · Last updated · source: NOAA / National Weather Service · issued by NWS Billings MT

Red Flag Warning issued August 8 at 2:47PM MDT until August 8 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Billings MT

This is a moderate-significance red flag warning event affecting Gallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County; Yellowstone County; Crow Indian Reservation/Big Horn Canyon Rec Area; Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.

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Affected area map

This alert covers multiple forecast zones — the source publishes no single perimeter, so each marker shows the center of one affected zone reported by NOAA / National Weather Service (Gallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County; Yellowstone County; Crow Indian Reservation/Big Horn Canyon Rec Area; Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest). The markers are all part of this ONE alert, not separate incidents. Pan and zoom to explore the map.

Interactive affected-area map

Gallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County; Yellowstone County; Crow Indian Reservation/Big Horn Canyon Rec Area; Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.

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  1. Bulletin NWS Billings MT

    Red Flag Warning issued

    Gallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County; Yellowstone County; Crow Indian Reservation/Big Horn Canyon Rec Area; Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest

    Read the full bulletin at NWS Billings MT ↗

Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.

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