737  
WWUS85 KBYZ 120410  
SPSBYZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT  
1010 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2025  
 
MTZ138-169-171-WYZ198-199-120500-  
SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WY-BIGHORN  
CANYON MT-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS WY-PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS  
MT-  
1010 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CARBON  
 
SOUTHWESTERN BIG HORN AND NORTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM  
MDT...  
 
AT 1010 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23  
MILES SOUTH OF FORT SMITH, OR 52 MILES WEST OF SHERIDAN, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...  
FORT SMITH, BIGHORN LAKE, WYOLA AND CROW INDIAN RESERVATION.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
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.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD  
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4500 10828 4542 10804 4514 10713 4474 10775  
4477 10775 4479 10783 4482 10782 4487 10786  
4491 10785 4493 10788 4499 10789  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 217DEG 25KT 4498 10799  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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