596  
WWUS85 KTFX 052050  
SPSTFX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
250 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
MTZ314-052115-  
FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT MT-  
250 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY  
THROUGH 315 PM MDT...  
 
AT 250 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23  
MILES EAST OF ROY, OR 25 MILES NORTH OF WINNETT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
30 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
VALENTINE.  
 
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 MONTANA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4731 10834 4730 10852 4739 10861 4757 10835  
4757 10832 4759 10832 4732 10831  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 231DEG 27KT 4737 10845  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
LUDWIG  
 
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