WWUS55 KTFX 200513

SVSTFX



Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Great Falls MT

1113 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025



MTC015-051-073-099-101-200630-

/O.CON.KTFX.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-250820T0630Z/

Pondera MT-Liberty MT-Toole MT-Teton MT-Chouteau MT-

1113 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT

FOR EASTERN PONDERA...SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY...SOUTHEASTERN TOOLE...

EASTERN TETON AND NORTHWESTERN CHOUTEAU COUNTIES...



At 1113 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from 7 miles west of Lothair to 10 miles northwest of The

Knees to 13 miles east of Dutton, moving east at 15 mph.



HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



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

         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.



Locations impacted include...

Shelby, The Knees, Lothair, Ledger, Tiber Dam, Devon, Dunkirk, and

Galata.



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 4857 11104 4818 11089 4780 11108 4783 11167

      4819 11190 4851 11185

TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 270DEG 12KT 4850 11139 4815 11141 4785 11142 



THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH



$$



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