Special Weather Statement for Southern Big Horn; Bighorn Canyon; Pryor/Northern Bighorn Mountains
At 758 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles southeast of Pryor, or 34 miles southeast of Billings, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds...
Official alert brief
At 758 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles southeast of Pryor, or 34 miles southeast of Billings, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Fort Smith, Bighorn Lake and Crow Indian Reservation.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Those recreating in the Bighorn Canyon area near Fort Smith should take shelter until this storm passes.