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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
405 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
MTZ307>310-312>314-317-042300-
EASTERN PONDERA AND EASTERN TETON MT-
JUDITH BASIN COUNTY AND JUDITH GAP MT-
LITTLE BELT AND HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS MT-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY MT-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT MT-CASCADE COUNTY BELOW 5000FT MT-
FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT MT-SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS MT-
405 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
...RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LIFTING INTO NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA WITH A PERIOD OF RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING
THROUGH THROUGH 500 PM MDT...
AT 359 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO JUST SOUTH
OF GREAT FALLS TO NEAR HOBSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MPH. EXPECT
A PERIOD OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AS THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION ARRIVES WITH ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS
PRODUCING LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVIER RAIN. THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WILL REACH AS FAR NORTH AS CHOTEAU TO HIGHWOOD BY 500
PM.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
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...
GREAT FALLS, CHOTEAU, STANFORD, FAIRFIELD, BELT, DUTTON, FORT SHAW,
HIGHWOOD, BLACK EAGLE, GEYSER, FORT SHAW, POWER, CARTER, FLOWEREE,
PISHKUN RESERVOIR, WINDHAM, STOCKETT, UTICA, FIRST PEOPLES BUFFALO
JUMP STATE PARK, AND SHONKIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4775 11308 4781 11306 4792 11309 4795 11299
4795 11292 4798 11288 4811 11300 4812 11231
4798 11197 4793 11141 4750 10998 4687 10994
4727 11115 4764 11314 4774 11315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 181DEG 37KT 4764 11315 4734 11148 4696 11010
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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