Event: Severe Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Great Falls MT
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:19:30-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T18:45:00-06:00
Description: AT 616 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL GLACIER COUNTY…OR 20 MILES WEST OF CUT BANK…
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 253.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 106.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTANA.
Instruction: 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