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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
706 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHOUTEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BIG SANDY...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 702 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES
EAST OF THE KNEES TO 12 MILES NORTH OF GERALDINE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FORT BENTON...LOMA...BIG SANDY.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED IN FORT BENTON WITH THIS
STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4802 10952 4796 10953 4768 11029 4808 11111
4814 11097 4813 11083 4819 11082 4823 11074
4822 11064 4827 11062 4831 11050 4831 11010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 240DEG 33KT 4808 11087 4778 11027
COULSTON
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