National Weather Service

Storm watchers had a treat on Saturday night into Sunday morning as spectacular thunderstorms moved through western Montana dishing out an amazing amount of lightning and thunder.

With the exception of the 4th of July itself, the holiday weekend was dominated with cooler weather and thunderstorm activity throughout western Montana.

The National Weather Service is predicting the chance of strong thunderstorms developing late Wednesday and continuing through Thursday.

With the heavy rain that Missoula has received over the past 24 hours, there has been some concern that rivers might have more water overflowing their banks, but the National Weather Service says not necessarily

The National Weather Service has been keeping a close eye on the Clark Fork River as the weather has been warming, and they are now predicting that the Clark Fork River will exceed the 7.5 foot flood stage this week, according to meteorologist Jennifer Kitzmiller.

It’s not your imagination, this really has been a very wet and very cold start of the year in western Montana, according to the National Weather Service

On Wednesday evening at Hawthorne School residents in the Orchard Homes area met with various county and other governmental officials to hear about the 2019 flood season.

The National Weather Service has issued the second flood advisory this week for the Clark Fork River as it flows through Missoula.

The National Weather Service is predicting that the Clark Fork River will exceed its flood stage on Monday.

After the long winter just completed, western Montanans were hoping for a nice mild spring with sunshine and warming temperatures.