596  
WWUS85 KBYZ 020127  
SPSBYZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT  
727 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
MTZ058-138-020215-  
SOUTHERN ROSEBUD MT-SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-  
727 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BIG HORN  
AND SOUTHERN ROSEBUD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...  
 
AT 727 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS 21 MILES SOUTH OF BUSBY, OR 31 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN,  
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...  
BIRNEY, BIRNEY VILLAGE, TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR, KIRBY, ROSEBUD  
BATTLEFIELD PARK AND NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR THE TONGUE RIVER RESERVOIR, 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.  
 
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL  
THIS STORM PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4502 10700 4517 10703 4546 10714 4557 10629  
4535 10627 4535 10628 4518 10628 4518 10626  
4507 10626  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 262DEG 30KT 4524 10688  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
MCKEOWN-ROBBIE  
 
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