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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1225 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
MTZ311-314-051915-
BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BLAINE MT-
FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT MT-
1225 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FERGUS
SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE AND EASTERN CHOUTEAU COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM
MDT...
AT 1225 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF WINIFRED, OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG SANDY,
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
FERGUS, SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE AND EASTERN CHOUTEAU COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM 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 4764 10959 4781 10965 4793 10912 4766 10904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 258DEG 24KT 4774 10952
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
LUDWIG
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