Full Notification

SVRTFX The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Meagher County in central Montana... Northwestern Judith Basin County in central Montana... Southwestern Chouteau County in north central Montana... Eastern Cascade County in central Montana...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 645 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 miles southeast of Cascade to 21 miles southwest of Belt to 29 miles southwest of Geyser, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Belt, Geyser, Raynesford, Armington, Monarch, Sluice Boxes State Park, Eden, Sand Coulee, Stockett, Tracy, and Centerville.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASCADE, MT ... CHOUTEAU, MT ... JUDITH BASIN, MT ... MEAGHER, MT

Instructions:

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 these storms. 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.