578  
WWUS85 KMSO 142238  
SPSMSO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
438 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 2025  
 
IDZ009-010-MTZ006-142315-  
EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY ID-WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY ID-  
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-  
438 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LEMHI  
AND SOUTHEASTERN RAVALLI COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM MDT...  
 
AT 436 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH  
FORK TO 13 MILES WEST OF GILMORE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, 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...  
GIBBONSVILLE, SULA, AND LOST TRAIL PASS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 S BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
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 4584 11370 4575 11383 4578 11387 4575 11391  
4570 11391 4570 11394 4563 11390 4560 11381  
4552 11384 4552 11377 4548 11376 4545 11378  
4543 11376 4541 11377 4539 11373 4534 11374  
4556 11419 4597 11391 4584 11365  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 235DEG 27KT 4545 11411 4450 11353  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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