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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
221 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
MTZ320-321-326-052115-
BIG BELT, BRIDGER AND CASTLE MOUNTAINS MT-MEAGHER COUNTY VALLEYS MT-
GALLATIN VALLEY MT-
221 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
SOUTHEASTERN MEAGHER AND NORTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTIES THROUGH 315
PM MDT...
AT 217 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO
11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOSTON TO NEAR MANHATTAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND ISOLATED
LIGHTNING, BRIEF RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WITH PEA-SIZED
HAIL POSSIBLE BENEATH THE STRONGEST CELLS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
BOZEMAN, BELGRADE, MANHATTAN, MAUDLOW, LENNEP, RINGLING, MARTINSDALE,
AND MENARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4572 11120 4586 11140 4645 11117 4654 11028
4619 11028 4619 11078 4567 11080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 248DEG 32KT 4641 11112 4606 11125 4590 11142
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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