998  
WUUS55 KTFX 220037  
SVRTFX  
MTC049-220115-  
/O.NEW.KTFX.SV.W.0087.090822T0037Z-090822T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
637 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...  
 
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT  
 
* AT 633 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
50 MPH.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AUGUSTA AND LINCOLN.  
 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 116.  
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY  
WITH THIS STORM.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO  
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS  
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.  
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE  
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4752 11237 4737 11204 4720 11204 4714 11194  
4713 11189 4674 11249 4682 11256 4683 11261  
4682 11279 4693 11281  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 214DEG 45KT 4695 11251  
 
 
 
MPJ  
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