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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
544 PM MDT SUN MAY 4 2025
MTZ322-324-328>330-050045-
ELKHORN AND BOULDER MOUNTAINS MT-
RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS MT-
MISSOURI HEADWATERS MT-
GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS MT-
BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN MADISON BELOW 6000FT MT-
544 PM MDT SUN MAY 4 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MADISON
NORTHEASTERN BEAVERHEAD AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH
645 PM MDT...
AT 540 PM MDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED PEA TO DIME SIZED
HAIL WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TWIN BRIDGES, OR 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SHERIDAN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST MADISON
COUNTY WITH STORMS TRACKING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
THROUGH 700 PM MDT.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN ADDITION TO
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN, ALDER, SILVER STAR, TWIN BRIDGES, CARDWELL, MELROSE,
LAURIN, WATERLOO, AND WHITEHALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4568 11256 4576 11250 4574 11247 4575 11219
4585 11243 4587 11241 4598 11245 4602 11243
4601 11188 4525 11213 4526 11267 4563 11269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 210DEG 16KT 4565 11232
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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