THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL STILLWATER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 756 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF BILLINGS HEIGHTS TO 8 MILES
NORTH OF JOLIET...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BILLINGS...LAUREL...LOCKWOOD...BILLINGS HEIGHTS...WORDEN...BILLINGS
WEST END...BALLANTINE...HUNTLEY...SHEPHERD...PARK CITY...ACTON AND
COMANCHE.

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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