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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
329 PM MDT Tue Apr 30 2024

MTZ301>305-307>309-302230-
Hill County MT-Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton MT-
Southern Rocky Mountain Front MT-East Glacier Park Region MT-
Eastern Toole and Liberty MT-Southern High Plains MT-
Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera MT-
Northern High Plains MT-
329 PM MDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WITH A GUST FRONT WILL IMPACT
PONDERA...CENTRAL LIBERTY...SOUTHEASTERN
GLACIER...TOOLE...NORTHWESTERN TETON AND WEST CENTRAL HILL COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 326 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking heavy snow showers with a
gust front over Glacier, Toole, and Pondera Counties, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. Heavy snow showers.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Visibility reduced to less than one mile
         at times in falling and blowing snow will make for
         difficult driving conditions.

Locations impacted include...
Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, Chester, Browning, Valier, Kevin, Lothair,
Joplin, South Browning, Heart Butte, North Browning, Dupuyer,
Ethridge, Oilmont, Ledger, Galata, Santa Rita, Pendroy, and Ferdig.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Be prepared for rapidly changing driving conditions.

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LAT...LON 4876 11250 4888 11199 4861 11067 4807 11158
      4802 11270 4850 11317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 313DEG 14KT 4852 11191

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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