Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 6 at 6:40PM MDT until September 6 at 7:15PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 6, 2026 - 5:40pm
Expires:
September 6, 2026 - 6:15pm
Description:
SVRTFX
The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Fergus County in central Montana...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 640 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Lewistown, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 635 PM quarter-sized hail was
reported in Lewistown.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Lewistown, Giltedge, and Heath.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Fergus, MT
Forcast Office:
NWS Great Falls MT
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov