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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
312 PM MDT SUN MAY 4 2025
MTZ324-327>329-042200-
RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS MT-
MISSOURI HEADWATERS MT-NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY MT-
BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN MADISON BELOW 6000FT MT-
312 PM MDT SUN MAY 4 2025
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS BEAVERHEAD COUNTY WITH
A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
AT 307 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEMHI, OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALMON, MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS
OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, PRIMARILY WEST OF I-15.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH STRONGER
CELLS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING, BRIEF RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALDER, DELL, GRANT, BANNACK PASS, MELROSE, DILLON, BANNACK, VIRGINIA
CITY, LAURIN, JACKSON, WATERLOO, GLEN, SHERIDAN, WISDOM, SILVER STAR,
TWIN BRIDGES, BEAVERHEAD ROCK STATE PARK, POLARIS, LIMA, AND CLARK
CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4445 11300 4477 11313 4487 11346 4506 11345
4533 11374 4575 11392 4593 11352 4576 11339
4588 11310 4563 11270 4576 11250 4575 11213
4555 11222 4530 11192 4523 11209 4503 11207
4493 11222 4494 11262 4459 11255 4438 11282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 195DEG 21KT 4505 11349
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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