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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
403 PM MDT Sun Sep 28 2025

MTZ325-328>330-282330-
Madison River Valley MT-
Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains MT-
Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains MT-
Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft MT-
403 PM MDT Sun Sep 28 2025

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN
BEAVERHEAD AND SOUTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTIES COULD BRING WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH LIGHTNING AND BRIEF RAINFALL THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

At 356 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms develops
across southwest Montana with a locally stronger stronger
thunderstorm located 19 miles southwest of Dillon. These
thunderstorms were moving northeast at around 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Dillon, Sheridan, Virginia City, Ennis, Twin Bridges, Lima, Monida,
Alder, Dell, Big Sky, Bannack Pass, Targhee Pass, Cameron, Snowline,
Glen, Red Rock Pass, Jeffers, Grant, Mcallister, and Lakeview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4445 11300 4477 11313 4486 11345 4517 11276
      4559 11271 4573 11208 4551 11173 4551 11092
      4536 11092 4535 11104 4508 11104 4505 11115
      4449 11111 4475 11139 4470 11149 4454 11148
      4457 11229 4445 11239 4448 11278 4436 11285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 203DEG 4KT 4499 11284

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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