Event narrative (NOAA)
Widespread rainfall of 2 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts fell across the Yellowstone County area during a two day period. Billings had its all-time daily rainfall record broke on May 24th with 3.12 inches. This was just a part of a record setting precipitation month for Billings which totaled 9.54 inches. This rainfall on top of an already wet month resulted in some streams and creeks over Southern Yellowstone County to overflow their banks. Flooding occurred on Blue Creek in the Briarwood area. Several homes and structures were surrounded by water on Aviemore Court where some voluntary evacuations occurred. In addition, the Briarwood Golf Course was inundated with water.||Pryor Creek was out of its banks resulting in water spilling over a dike in a low lying area of Huntley. Fly C
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.