{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.4f80b92cf3e7d048984e0315073779ab4504b86d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 4:44PM MDT until July 16 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.4f80b92cf3e7d048984e0315073779ab4504b86d.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":160,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 4:44PM MDT until July 16 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Lewis and Clark, MT\n**Issued by:** NWS Great Falls MT\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T16:44:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T16:44:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-16T17:45:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nSVRTFX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nCentral Lewis and Clark County in west central Montana...\n\n* Until 545 PM MDT.\n\n* At 443 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of\nAugusta, or 31 miles southwest of Choteau, moving northeast at 10\nmph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and accumulating quarter size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage\nto roofs, siding, and trees.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nAugusta.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nHail accumulations can make travel especially hazardous! If you\nencounter hail covered roads, slow down or delay travel."}