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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
521 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
MTZ006-007-050000-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-
521 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN GRANITE
AND SOUTH CENTRAL POWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM MDT...
AT 521 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILIPSBURG TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WEST VALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
DEER LODGE, DRUMMOND, PHILIPSBURG, GARRISON, MAXVILLE, JENS,
PRINCETON, NEW CHICAGO, GOLDCREEK, AND HALL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 176, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 185.
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.
LAT...LON 4673 11318 4643 11261 4623 11315 4643 11355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 226DEG 30KT 4645 11347 4623 11314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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