Active Weather Alerts
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 8:29 PM Aug. 23, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT... At 228 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northwest of Ennis, or 11 miles northeast of Virginia City, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Virginia City, Ennis, Alder, Norris, Amsterdam, Mcallister, Jeffers, Laurin, Gallatin Gateway, Church Hill, and Madison Buffalo Jump State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for south central and southwestern Montana. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Airport Weather Warning
Issued: 8:01 PM Aug. 23, 2026 – National Weather Service
...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING... The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued an Airport Weather Warning for... Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport /BZN/ The following weather hazards are expected: Cloud to ground lightning within 5 nm of the airport. Until 300 PM MDT. Several showers are developing around the Gallatin Valley that will be capable of producing cloud to ground lightning over the next hour or so. Additional Airport Weather Warnings will be possible later this afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for south central Montana. LAT...LON 4576 11117 4579 11117 4579 11113 4576 11113
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:00 PM Aug. 23, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 617 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MONTANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MONTANA CASCADE FERGUS JUDITH BASIN MEAGHER IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA BLAINE CHOUTEAU HILL LIBERTY PONDERA TETON TOOLE IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA BROADWATER GALLATIN MADISON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BATTLE RIDGE PASS, BELT, BIG SANDY, BOZEMAN APT, BOZEMAN PASS, BRADY, BYNUM, CARTER, CASCADE, CHESTER, CHINOOK, CHOTEAU, CITY OF BOZEMAN, CONRAD, DEEP CREEK PASS, DUTTON, ENNIS, FAIRFIELD, FORT BENTON, GRASS RANGE, GREAT FALLS, HARLEM, HAVRE, HAYS, HEART BUTTE, HOBSON, KINGS HILL PASS, LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, MARTINSDALE, NORRIS HILL, RAYNESFORD, RAYNOLDS PASS, ROCKY BOY, RUDYARD, SHELBY, STANFORD, SUNBURST, TARGHEE PASS, TOSTON, TOWNSEND, TWIN BRIDGES, VIRGINIA CITY, WEST YELLOWSTONE, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WHITLASH, WINIFRED, AND WINSTON.
Local Radar