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WWUS85 KMSO 182147
SPSMSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
347 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2026
MTZ006-007-043-182215-
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-
347 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL POWELL
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOULA AND NORTHWESTERN GRANITE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
MDT...
AT 347 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OVER BONNER-WEST RIVERSIDE TO 16 MILES
WEST OF DRUMMOND, OR EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MISSOULA TO 16
MILES WEST OF DRUMMOND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
BONNER-WEST RIVERSIDE, EAST MISSOULA, POTOMAC, NIMROD, CLINTON,
GREENOUGH, TWIN CREEKS, QUIGLEY, GARNET, TURAH AND BEARMOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4685 11396 4687 11396 4709 11375 4701 11342
4673 11316 4649 11349 4673 11387 4682 11395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 223DEG 29KT 4688 11389 4680 11377 4662 11348
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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