The National Weather Service says Montana's swollen rivers could begin hitting flood stage Wednesday, one day after severe storms hit the state.
The storms dumped up to 4 inches of rain in some areas and golf ball-sized hailstones on Tuesday.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will release massive amounts of water from the Fort Peck dam Tuesday.
The Corps originally planned to release a record 50,000 cubic feet per second of water from the dam mid-June. The increased water flow into the Missouri River is already causing flooding in residential areas downstream.
The National Weather Service has declared a flood warning for the Clark Fork River as rain is forecasted to continue through the Memorial Day weekend. Corby Nickerson with the NWS says the rain will bring the river above flood stage.
Responding to a report from Missoula County Sheriff Acting Sergeant Joe McNeill, Mill Creek in Frenchtown is running extremely high. Leanne Allegretto with The National Weather Service in Missoula says smaller rivers and streams will be the first to overrun their banks due to the warm weather and high spring runoff in the mountains...