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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
107 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
MTZ311-314-051945-
BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BLAINE MT-
FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT MT-
107 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FERGUS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM MDT...
AT 107 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22
MILES NORTHEAST OF WINIFRED, OR 29 MILES WEST OF ZORTMAN, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FERGUS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL BLAINE 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA.
LAT...LON 4792 10888 4781 10890 4772 10917 4788 10931
4810 10890 4793 10873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 238DEG 23KT 4784 10916
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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