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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Billings MT
744 PM MDT Wed Jul 8 2026

MTZ034-066-067-141-170-090230-
Northern Carbon MT-Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains MT-Beartooth
Foothills MT-Northern Sweet Grass MT-Northern Stillwater MT-
744 PM MDT Wed Jul 8 2026

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SWEET GRASS...
NORTHERN STILLWATER AND NORTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
MDT...

At 744 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 25 miles north of Absarokee to 7 miles
west of Absarokee, or extending from 19 miles east of Big Timber to
17 miles west of Columbus, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
  Columbus, Big Timber, Joliet, Absarokee, Reed Point, Rapelje,
  Hailstone Wildlife Refuge, Halfbreed Lake Wildlife, Greycliff, Molt
  and Park City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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LAT...LON 4580 10998 4590 10999 4606 10893 4604 10893
      4602 10892 4596 10892 4596 10890 4578 10890
      4574 10891 4547 10894 4553 10996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 264DEG 36KT 4588 10957 4573 10957 4555 10958

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Stetzer