{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.1f9d97a0a0002a6b824796b625c15ab43f6c7639.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 13 at 12:51PM MDT until May 13 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.1f9d97a0a0002a6b824796b625c15ab43f6c7639.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Great Falls MT"},"word_count":246,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 13 at 12:51PM MDT until May 13 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Beaverhead, MT; Blaine, MT; Broadwater, MT; Cascade, MT; Chouteau, MT; Fergus, MT; Gallatin, MT; Hill, MT; Jefferson, MT; Judith Basin, MT; Lewis and Clark, MT; Liberty, MT; Madison, MT; Meagher, MT; Pondera, MT; Teton, MT; Toole, MT\n**Issued by:** NWS Great Falls MT\n**Sent:** 2026-05-13T12:51:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-13T12:51:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-13T21:00:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH\n199 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN MONTANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL MONTANA\n\nCASCADE               FERGUS                JUDITH BASIN\nMEAGHER\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA\n\nBLAINE                CHOUTEAU              HILL\nLIBERTY               PONDERA               TETON\nTOOLE\n\nIN SOUTHWEST MONTANA\n\nBEAVERHEAD            BROADWATER            GALLATIN\nJEFFERSON             MADISON\n\nIN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA\n\nLEWIS AND CLARK\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUGUSTA, BATTLE RIDGE PASS, BELT,\nBIG HOLE PASS, BIG SANDY, BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, BOZEMAN APT,\nBOZEMAN PASS, BRADY, BYNUM, CARTER, CASCADE, CHESTER,\nCHIEF JOSEPH PASS, CHINOOK, CHOTEAU, CITY OF BOZEMAN, CONRAD,\nDEEP CREEK PASS, DILLON, DUTTON, ELK PARK PASS, ENNIS, FAIRFIELD,\nFLESHER PASS, FORT BENTON, GRASS RANGE, GREAT FALLS, HARLEM,\nHAVRE, HAYS, HEART BUTTE, HELENA, HOBSON, HOMESTAKE PASS,\nKINGS HILL PASS, LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, LINCOLN,\nMACDONALD PASS, MARTINSDALE, MONIDA PASS, MONTANA CITY,\nNORRIS HILL, RAYNESFORD, RAYNOLDS PASS, ROCKY BOY, ROGERS PASS,\nRUDYARD, SHELBY, STANFORD, SUNBURST, TARGHEE PASS, TOSTON,\nTOWNSEND, TWIN BRIDGES, VIRGINIA CITY, WEST YELLOWSTONE,\nWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WHITEHALL, WHITLASH, WINIFRED, WINSTON,\nWISDOM, AND WISE RIVER."}