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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Billings MT
648 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

MTZ029-034-042-066-235-240115-
Northern Stillwater MT-Beartooth Foothills MT-Southwestern
Yellowstone MT-Musselshell MT-Golden Valley MT-
648 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

...A LINE OF SHOWERS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN
MUSSELSHELL...SOUTHEASTERN GOLDEN VALLEY...WEST CENTRAL
YELLOWSTONE...EASTERN SWEET GRASS AND NORTHEASTERN STILLWATER
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

At 648 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending
from 14 miles east of Ryegate to over Absarokee, moving southeast at
40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. Localized wind gusts over 50 mph have been
         reported along this line of showers.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Columbus, Absarokee, Broadview, Lavina, Halfbreed Lake Wildlife,
  Molt, Hailstone Wildlife Refuge, Comanche, Rapelje, Park City and
  Acton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Gusty winds will likely arrive without precipitation or thunder.

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LAT...LON 4554 10962 4588 10934 4639 10906 4640 10845
      4563 10881 4559 10913 4552 10913 4552 10919
      4546 10919 4545 10938
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 293DEG 33KT 4627 10896 4588 10914 4553 10942

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

$$

Chambers