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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Billings MT
827 PM MDT Sat Aug 16 2025

MTZ056-066-067-170315-
Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains MT-Red Lodge Foothills MT-Beartooth
Foothills MT-
827 PM MDT Sat Aug 16 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SWEET
GRASS...SOUTHWESTERN CARBON AND SOUTHWESTERN STILLWATER COUNTIES
UNTIL 915 PM MDT...

At 827 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 16 miles southwest of Absarokee to 6
miles southwest of Red Lodge, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph, along with brief moderate rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
  Red Lodge, Bearcreek, Luther, Roscoe, Fishtail, Fox, Dean, Washoe,
  Roberts and Nye.

As these storms move off the foothills, gusty crosswinds could
impact travel on US-212 from Red Lodge to Roberts, and Highway 78
from Red lodge to Roscoe.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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LAT...LON 4538 10988 4563 10961 4554 10945 4553 10950
      4547 10950 4547 10947 4542 10944 4544 10944
      4546 10931 4544 10926 4542 10929 4543 10925
      4531 10903 4523 10915 4519 10910 4518 10909
      4517 10913 4513 10911 4501 10930 4500 10934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 224DEG 17KT 4539 10971 4511 10930

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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