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WWUS85 KMSO 161918
SPSMSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
118 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026
MTZ043-161945-
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-
118 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN POWELL AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSOULA COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT...
AT 118 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF SEELEY LAKE, OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF MISSOULA,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 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...
SEELEY LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR SEELEY LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM
THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE
CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4708 11362 4718 11373 4738 11346 4724 11328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 227DEG 17KT 4720 11355
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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