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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1259 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026
MTZ037-121945-
CARTER MT-
1259 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CARTER
COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM MDT...
AT 1259 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF EKALAKA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
EKALAKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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 4605 10450 4558 10444 4546 10498 4579 10498
4579 10494 4614 10494 4614 10452 4606 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 229DEG 12KT 4559 10488
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MCKEOWN-ROBBIE
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