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WWUS85 KMSO 172119
SPSMSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
319 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2026
MTZ006-043-172145-
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-
319 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MISSOULA AND NORTH
CENTRAL GRANITE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 319 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES WEST OF DRUMMOND, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 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...
NIMROD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4662 11363 4681 11358 4676 11333 4665 11339
4659 11338 4657 11337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 195DEG 9KT 4664 11348
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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