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Waters in small creeks and streams around central Montana continue to rise, with some reported out of their banks as of Wednesday.

The National Weather Service in Great Falls issued a flood warning for Fergus County, meaning flooding there is imminent or already reported. According to the warning, Big Spring Creek and Beaver Creek are out of their banks in places, and minor flooding is occurring. The Judith River also continues to rise, according to the weather service.

A muddy and swollen Belt Creek races under the bridge in Armington on Tuesday. Worries of flooding are increasing around the region as spring temperatures rise. TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS

A less severe flood advisory was issued Wednesday for Cascade and Judith Basin counties. In Judith Basin County, Ross Fork Creek was out of its bank in some places, while Otter Creek and Willow Creek were near bank full in several places. The advisory states that minor flooding is possible at any time along those creeks. In Cascade County, Sand Coulee Creek was reported out of its banks in places.

Belt Creek in Cascade County may also continue to rise, but some Belt residents say no flooding has happened.

"Right now, nobody here is terribly worried," said Katie Cottingham, who works at the Belt Creek Brew Pub, a business that sits near the creek. Cottingham said she wasn't worried about water making it as far as the bar or anywhere in town.

Dominique Thrackmorton, who lives right along the creek's bank in Armington, said Wednesday afternoon that she wasn't worried about any flooding, either.

"No one's in a panic," Thrackmorton said. "...We've got another 2 or 3 feet for it to go into our yard like it did last year."

The largest threat of flooding seems to have shifted to southwestern Montana. Meteorologist Ben Schott of the National Weather Service told the Associated Press that the Big Hole, Jefferson and Gallatin rivers all could see major flooding by Memorial Day or the first weeks of June.

The threat has increased since deep snowpack in the mountains has begun to melt from the sudden rise in temperature. A cool, wet spring kept the snowpack intact until now, Schott said.

Recent rainstorms across the state also have made flooding occur faster. In southeastern Montana, storms dumped up to 3 inches of rain between Sunday and Tuesday, causing the Tongue and Powder rivers to rise about 9 feet in 24 hours.