Special Weather Statement for Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains; Butte/Blackfoot Region; Potomac/Seeley Lake Region
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What you need to know
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What is happening
At 951 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 7 miles east of Bonner-West Riverside to 22 miles south of Philipsburg, or extending from 14 miles east of Missoula to 24 miles west of Anaconda, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated....
What the bulletin says to do
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 951 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 7 miles east of Bonner-West Riverside to 22 miles south of Philipsburg, or extending from 14 miles east of Missoula to 24 miles west of Anaconda, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Deer Lodge, Drummond, Philipsburg, Ovando, Bonner-West Riverside, Maxville, Hall, Bearmouth, Nimrod, Princeton, New Chicago, Garnet, Porters Corner, Quigley, Jens, Georgetown, Greenough, Potomac, Clinton and Clearwater.
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Special Weather Statement issued July 23 at 9:51PM MDT by NWS Missoula MT
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Missoula MT. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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