At 249 am MDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Highwood...moving northeast at 43 mph. Locations near the path of the thunderstorm include Fort Benton and Highwood. Hail up to a quarter inch in diameter...wind gusts to 40 mph...brief heavy rainfall...and frequent lightning strikes can be expected from this storm.
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall...large hail and damaging winds. Lows 50 to 55. North winds 5 to 10 mph...shifting to the southeast up to 5 mph after midnight.
Thursday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 75 to 80. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gust e70.00 mph, reported by trained spotter.
Wind gust of 70 mph estimated due to wind breaking branches up to 2 inches in diameter. Heavy rain also fell... at least 0.40 inches as it was wind blown. Water running down the roads but no flooding. Rain and wind occurred from approximately 707 PM MDT until 727 PM MDT.
07/23/2008 0727 PM
W Floweree, Chouteau County.
Thunderstorm wind gust e70 mph, reported by trained spotter.
Wind gust of 70 mph estimated due to wind breaking branches up to 2 inches in diameter. Heavy rain also fell... at least 0.40 inches as it was wind blown. Water running down the roads but no flooding. Rain and wind occurred from approximately 707 PM MDT until 727 PM MDT.
07/23/2008 0727 PM
W Floweree, Chouteau County.
Thunderstorm wind gust e70 mph, reported by trained spotter.
Wind gust of 70 mph estimated due to wind breaking branches up to 2 inches in diameter. Heavy rain also fell... at least 0.40 inches as it was wind blown. Water running down the roads but no flooding. Rain and wind occurred from approximately 707 PM MDT until 727 PM MDT.
