Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Sender Name: NWS Great Falls MT
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:06:05-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T18:45:00-06:00
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN GLACIER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA…
NORTH CENTRAL PONDERA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA…

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 602 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNING…MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GLACIER AND NORTH CENTRAL PONDERA COUNTIES.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 253.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 106.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.
Instruction: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTANA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Glacier; Pondera