966  
WWUS85 KMSO 050005  
SPSMSO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
605 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
MTZ007-050030-  
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-  
605 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN DEER  
LODGE, NORTHEASTERN GRANITE AND SOUTHEASTERN POWELL COUNTIES THROUGH  
630 PM MDT...  
 
AT 605 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF DRUMMOND TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST  
OF DEER LODGE. MOVEMENT WAS 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...  
DEER LODGE, GARRISON, FINN, BROCK CREEK, GOLDCREEK, BLOSSBURG, AVON,  
AND ELLISTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 186.  
HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO MACDONALD PASS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 26.  
 
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 4642 11231 4639 11235 4639 11240 4633 11246  
4634 11247 4633 11254 4630 11257 4627 11256  
4624 11259 4672 11306 4683 11278 4683 11254  
4670 11253 4670 11241 4666 11240 4666 11232  
4663 11230 4657 11232 4654 11230  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 264DEG 30KT 4664 11295 4633 11259  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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