Following massive rains for three days, there was continued flooding Tuesday morning of small creeks in the Columbia Falls area, according to the National Weather Service.

Water levels are expected to slowly recede by Tuesday afternoon.

Jessica McDonald, Flathead County’s emergency planner, estimated that 25 to 50 homes had been affected by flooding.

She said structures had been flooded in the Trumbull Creek area as well as in the North Fork area on Lake Drive, Rabe Road and Blankenship Road.

Contrary to earlier reports, there was no damage to Trumbull Creek Road, she said.

The North Fork Road reopened Tuesday morning.

In Glacier National Park, increased flooding on Tuesday prompted a second closure of Going-to-the-Sun Road. A culvert about two miles past Camas began overflowing Monday before receding enough for limited traffic to continue further up the road.

Park spokesman Tim Rains said shortly after noon on Tuesday that floodwater and debris over the stretch of road had again worsened, and crews were assessing damage to the road.

Half Moon Drive north of Columbia Falls had been closed due to flooding Monday, but had reopened by Tuesday morning.

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said county roads that were closed Monday had reopened by Tuesday morning.

“We have opened up all the county roads with advisory signs that there may be water on the road,” Curry said. “The only county road that has water on it is Blankenship Road. There may be some water on the roadway, but it’s come down quite a bit.”

Curry said those traveling Blankenship Road should still use caution.

“I’d like to remind people to be safe any time there is water on the roadway,” Curry said. “It doesn’t take a lot of flowing water to carry a vehicle off the side or a person off the side. Just be cautious.”

Deputies were out Monday to watch small streams that flooded, Curry said. There were no rescues that had to be performed.

“I think everybody behaved pretty responsibly, as evidenced by the fact that we didn’t have any incidents,” Curry said.

More than 6 inches of rain have fallen in the past three days in the Canyon and North Fork areas, with lesser amounts of rain elsewhere in Northwest Montana.

Rainfall totals from the previous 72 hours as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, as measured by the National Weather Service:

Coram 6.54 inches

Martin City 5.75 inches

Hungry Horse 5.48 inches

West Glacier 4.61 inches

Olney 3.08 inches

Blacktail 2.58 inches

Bigfork 2.34 inches

Essex 2.30 inches

Creston 1.94 inches

Swan Lake 1.81 inches

Polebridge 1.70 inches

Kila 1.54 inches

Polebridge 1.49 inches

Marion 1.33 inches

Kalispell 1.17 inches

Evergreen 1.02 inches