THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BIG HORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 453 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
7 MILES SOUTH OF BALLANTINE...OR 18 MILES EAST OF BILLINGS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDIN...BALLANTINE...WORDEN AND CORINTH.

THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF BILLINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

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