848  
WWUS85 KBYZ 072303  
SPSBYZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT  
503 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2026  
 
MTZ056-138-139-169>171-235-072330-  
SOUTHWESTERN YELLOWSTONE MT-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS MT-BIGHORN CANYON  
MT-SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-PRYOR/NORTHERN BIGHORN MOUNTAINS MT-  
NORTHERN CARBON MT-SOUTHEASTERN CARBON MT-  
503 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2026  
   
..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE  
 
SOUTHEASTERN CARBON AND SOUTHWESTERN BIG HORN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM  
MDT...  
 
AT 503 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF LOCKWOOD TO OVER RED LODGE, OR  
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BILLINGS TO OVER RED LODGE,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RED LODGE, BRIDGER, FROMBERG, PRYOR, FORT SMITH, BEARCREEK, WARREN,  
EDGAR, BELFRY, BIGHORN LAKE, FOX, WASHOE AND CROW INDIAN  
RESERVATION.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4524 10947 4545 10893 4577 10841 4533 10782  
4505 10848 4500 10862 4501 10924 4505 10922  
4512 10923 4514 10926 4514 10928 4519 10929  
4523 10940  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 322DEG 27KT 4562 10840 4535 10883 4519 10926  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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