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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
730 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
MTZ312-313-317-320-321-050300-
JUDITH BASIN COUNTY AND JUDITH GAP MT-
LITTLE BELT AND HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS MT-
BIG BELT, BRIDGER AND CASTLE MOUNTAINS MT-
CASCADE COUNTY BELOW 5000FT MT-MEAGHER COUNTY VALLEYS MT-
730 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE BIG BELTS ACROSS MEAGHER COUNTY
THROUGH 900 PM MDT...
AT 724 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING ALONG THE BIG BELTS AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION, A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE UNDER THE
STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THE STORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, NEIHART, FORT LOGAN ON THE SMITH RIVER, NEWLAN
CREEK RESERVOIR, LENNEP, MONARCH, RINGLING, MARTINSDALE, SLUICE BOXES
STATE PARK, CHECKERBOARD, AND FORT LOGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4673 11017 4671 11027 4618 11029 4619 11089
4648 11112 4689 11153 4721 11104 4724 11076
4717 11051 4709 11037 4707 11039 4706 11035
4685 11027 4685 11024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 203DEG 36KT 4671 11139 4654 11117 4627 11096
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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