Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT
212 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 1989

...AT 2 PM MISSOULA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA...

AT 2 PM MISSOULA WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FORMING JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CITIES OF HAMILTON STEVENSVILLE
AND MISSOULA.  THESE THUNDERSTORM WERE GROWING QUICKLY WITH CLOUD
TOPS TO 45,000 FEET.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL
LIKELY BE OVER THE BITTERROOT VALLEY AND THE MISSOULA AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE VERY
GUSTY WINDS SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS IN YOUR AREA PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEFMENT AGENCY OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 329-4842.

THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT.

END/JAC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KALISPELL MT
300 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 1989

...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS IN FLATHEAD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

CLOUDS ARE BUILDING RAPIDLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA
THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE
SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE ALREADY.

THE EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS BOATING OR ENGAGED IN OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD
MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID DAGEROUS SITUATIONS. MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO NEWS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDAT+ES ON THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER EVENT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

ROBERTS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT
342 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTAL MONTANA...GRANITE...LAKE...MINERAL...MISSOULA...
RAVALLI...AND SANDERS. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE.

SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY PRODUCE
STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

DURING THE AFTERNOON MISSOULA WEATHER RADAR HAS BEEN SHOWING SOME
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF THE MONTANA BORDER AND MOVING NORTHEAST.
THESEV STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND ARE MOVING ALONG AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

ALL PERSONS OUTSIDE AND DRIVING IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.

BG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KALISPELL MT
330 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LARGE PORTIONS OF
          WESTERN MONTANA...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER...IN KASAS CITY...HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF WESTERN MONTANA FROM
330 PM TO 900 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES FLATHEAD
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTOMRS IN AND AROUND THE AREAS INDICATED BY THE WATCH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS BOATING OR ENGAGED IN OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE
THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID DAGEROUS SITUATIONS. MONITOR LOCAL
RADIO NEWS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDbATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.

ROBERTS