Special Weather Statement for Cascade County below 5000ft; Gates of the Mountains; Little Belt and Highwood Mountains
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What is happening
At 645 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm 11 miles east of Cascade, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Great Falls,...
What the bulletin says to do
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Bulletin details
At 645 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm 11 miles east of Cascade, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Great Falls, Cascade, Belt, Black Eagle, Sluice Boxes State Park, Malmstrom Afb, Eden, Stockett, Tracy, First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park, Centerville, Armington, Ulm, and Sand Coulee.
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Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 6:45PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Great Falls MT. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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