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WWUS85 KMSO 030049
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
649 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2025
MTZ002-003-030115-
FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS MT-WEST GLACIER REGION MT-
649 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LAKE
AND SOUTHEASTERN FLATHEAD COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM MDT...
AT 649 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROCKY POINT, OR OVER POLSON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY 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...
POLSON, PABLO, ROCKY POINT, JETTE, KERR, SWAN LAKE, TURTLE LAKE,
KINGS POINT, AND FINLEY POINT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 77.
HIGHWAY 93 N BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WHERE MULTIPLE CELLS ARE TRAINING OVER THE
SAME AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM 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.
IF ON OR NEAR FLATHEAD 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.
LAT...LON 4751 11421 4764 11437 4804 11389 4788 11368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 220DEG 23KT 4773 11416
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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