WWUS55 KTFX 200536

SVSTFX



Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Great Falls MT

1136 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-

1136 PM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025



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

FOR SOUTHEASTERN PONDERA...SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY...SOUTHEASTERN

TOOLE...EASTERN TETON AND NORTHWESTERN CHOUTEAU COUNTIES...



At 1135 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from near Lothair to 10 miles south of The Knees, moving

east at 20 mph.



HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.



Locations impacted include...

The Knees, Lothair, Tiber Dam, Devon, 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.



&&



LAT...LON 4857 11104 4818 11089 4780 11108 4782 11147

      4816 11153 4852 11167

TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 252DEG 16KT 4852 11127 4821 11125 4787 11131 



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



$$



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