{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.b3875cc5cd67aeaa97449f68758bcb6001029cf8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued May 13 at 8:23PM MDT by NWS Glasgow 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.b3875cc5cd67aeaa97449f68758bcb6001029cf8.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Glasgow MT"},"word_count":215,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued May 13 at 8:23PM MDT by NWS Glasgow MT\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Central and Southeast Phillips; Central and Southern Valley; Daniels; Western Roosevelt; Garfield; McCone; Northern Phillips; Northern Valley\n**Issued by:** NWS Glasgow MT\n**Sent:** 2026-05-13T20:23:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-13T20:23:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-13T21:30:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nAt 822 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near\nNashua, or 15 miles southeast of Glasgow, moving northeast at 45 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nGlasgow, Wolf Point, Circle, Opheim, Richland, Nashua, Fort Peck,\nSaco, Duck Creek Rec Area, Brockway, Flowing Wells Rest Area, St.\nMarie, The Pines Rec Area, Tampico, Hinsdale, Lustre, Fort Peck\nMarina, Frazer, Vida, and Nelson Creek Rec Area.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nIf on or near Fort Peck Lake, get out of the water and move indoors\nor inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles\nfrom the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close\nenough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not\nbe caught on the water in a thunderstorm.\n\nA Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for\nnortheastern Montana."}