BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 740 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 736 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF MILES CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILES CITY...SHIRLEY...TUSLER...LOCATE...KINSEY...KNOWLTON... BONFIELD AND MURN. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL PASS NORTH OF MILES CITY...AND WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILES CITY AND BONFIELD. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY EMERGE FROM THIS STORM AND AFFECT MILES CITY. THIS REPLACES THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ROSEBUD AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 01:44:25 +0000
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