{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.da9b810e2bcd49e55231886d13b04d8ecb9d6675.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 4:14PM MDT until July 16 at 5:15PM 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.da9b810e2bcd49e55231886d13b04d8ecb9d6675.001.1","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":156,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 4:14PM MDT until July 16 at 5:15PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Broadwater, MT; Jefferson, MT\n**Issued by:** NWS Great Falls MT\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T16:14:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T16:14:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-16T17:15:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nSVRTFX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nWest central Broadwater County in southwestern Montana...\nNortheastern Jefferson County in southwestern Montana...\n\n* Until 515 PM MDT.\n\n* At 414 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast\nof Boulder, moving east at 20 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail\ndamage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect\nwind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nTownsend, Silos, Radersburg, and Elkhorn State Park.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding."}