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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1259 PM MDT WED MAY 13 2026
MTZ324-325-328>330-131945-
MADISON RIVER VALLEY MT-
RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS MT-
MISSOURI HEADWATERS MT-
GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS MT-
BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN MADISON BELOW 6000FT MT-
1259 PM MDT WED MAY 13 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MADISON
CENTRAL
BEAVERHEAD...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL GALLATIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM MDT...
AT 1259 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SHERIDAN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN, TWIN BRIDGES, HARRISON, PONY, NORRIS, CARDWELL, AND LEWIS
AND CLARK CAVERNS STATE PARK.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA.
LAT...LON 4542 11253 4596 11187 4566 11138 4525 11237
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 228DEG 44KT 4540 11230
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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