WWUS85 KTFX 030055 SPSTFX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Great Falls MT 655 PM MDT Wed Jul 2 2025 MTZ301>304-307>309-030145- Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton MT-East Glacier Park Region MT- Southern Rocky Mountain Front MT-Eastern Toole and Liberty MT- Southern High Plains MT- Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera MT- Northern High Plains MT- 655 PM MDT Wed Jul 2 2025 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PONDERA...SOUTHWESTERN TOOLE AND TETON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM MDT... At 650 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms from near Shelby south to Choteau with stronger embedded storms near Valier and southwest of Shelby. These storms were moving northeast at 25 mph. In additional to lightning, Strong wind gusts to to 50 mph are possible with any of these storms with small hail and brief moderate rainfall beneath stronger cells. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Shelby, Conrad, Choteau, Valier, Brady, Dupuyer, Ethridge, Pishkun Reservoir, Ledger, Collins, Bynum, Pendroy, and Farmington. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 4789 11165 4751 11273 4795 11297 4798 11288 4804 11292 4847 11243 4858 11226 4873 11168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 238DEG 23KT 4837 11218 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ BH