THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 608 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IN MONTANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA BIG HORN YELLOWSTONE IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA ROSEBUD TREASURE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, BILLINGS, COLSTRIP, CROW AGENCY, FORSYTH, HARDIN, HYSHAM, AND LAME DEER.
The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Stillwater County in south central Montana... Southwestern Yellowstone County in south central Montana... * Until 515 PM MDT. * At 431 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles northwest of Billings West End, or 21 miles northwest of Billings, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Billings, Lockwood, Billings Heights, Billings West End, Huntley, Acton, and Comanche. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
