692  
WWUS85 KMSO 222139  
SPSMSO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
339 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
MTZ001-004-222215-  
KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION MT-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION MT-  
339 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MINERAL
 
 
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN SANDERS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM  
MDT...  
 
AT 339 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF NOXON TO 11 MILES  
NORTHWEST OF HAUGAN, OR EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBBY TO  
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSON FALLS, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
THOMPSON FALLS, NOXON, HAUGAN, DE BORGIA, WHITE PINE, TROUT CREEK,  
BELKNAP, TUSCOR, TAFT, SALTESE, EAST PORTAL, SNIDER, EDDY AND  
HERON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4811 11605 4821 11574 4783 11535 4755 11498  
4726 11536 4730 11553 4737 11558 4742 11576  
4746 11565 4746 11564 4748 11563 4749 11569  
4753 11570 4755 11576 4759 11569 4765 11574  
4770 11573 4776 11583 4783 11585 4798 11605  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 267DEG 13KT 4797 11603 4777 11572 4752 11551  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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