WWUS55 KTFX 200430

SVSTFX



Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Great Falls MT

1030 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025



MTC013-015-099-200445-

/O.CON.KTFX.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-250820T0445Z/

Teton MT-Chouteau MT-Cascade MT-

1030 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT

FOR SOUTHEASTERN TETON...WEST CENTRAL CHOUTEAU AND NORTHWESTERN

CASCADE COUNTIES...



At 1029 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from near Dutton to near Great Falls to 12 miles east of

Cascade, moving east at 40 mph.



HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.



SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 1027 PM MDT the Great Falls 

         ASOS measured a 64 mph wind gust.



IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 

         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.



Locations impacted include...

Great Falls, Black Eagle, Fort  Shaw, Fort Shaw, Power, Malmstrom

Afb, Stockett, Tracy, Vaughn, First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park,

Centerville, Sun River, Ulm, and Sand Coulee.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.

Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading

killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to

be struck by lightning.



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LAT...LON 4782 11136 4752 11107 4726 11109 4738 11164

      4744 11190 4778 11195

TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 270DEG 34KT 4782 11168 4751 11141 4734 11145 



THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...OBSERVED

MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH



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IG