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WWUS85 KTFX 132151
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
351 PM MDT WED MAY 13 2026
MTZ317-320-321-323-324-326-330-132230-
LITTLE BELT AND HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS MT-MISSOURI HEADWATERS MT-
BIG BELT, BRIDGER AND CASTLE MOUNTAINS MT-MEAGHER COUNTY VALLEYS MT-
GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS MT-
CANYON FERRY AREA MT-GALLATIN VALLEY MT-
351 PM MDT WED MAY 13 2026
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT
MEAGHER...EASTERN BROADWATER AND NORTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...
AT 348 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHERN GALLATIN, BROADWATER AND MEAGHER COUNTIES, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN
ADDITION TO LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOZEMAN, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, FORT LOGAN ON THE SMITH RIVER, NEWLAN
CREEK RESERVOIR, MAUDLOW, LENNEP, RINGLING, MARTINSDALE, TRIDENT,
CHECKERBOARD, FORT LOGAN, AND MISSOURI HEADWATERS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA.
LAT...LON 4569 11102 4602 11118 4593 11121 4591 11153
4633 11125 4667 11156 4670 11151 4670 11137
4674 11137 4675 11103 4669 11092 4675 11085
4666 11085 4669 11070 4660 11028 4619 11028
4619 11078 4565 11080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 213DEG 71KT 4665 11091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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