NWS Great Falls MTSV.W 0015May 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fergus, MT
The National Weather Service office in Great Falls issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fergus in Montana, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on May 29. It was the 15th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Great Falls issued in 2026. Montana had 41 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 27 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Montana's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Great Falls MT
- Area
- Fergus
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:42 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTFX SV.W 0015
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana since 2008Every warning type in Montana
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The notice as issued
SVRTFX The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Fergus County in central Montana... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 642 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles northeast of Roy, or 31 miles south of Zortman, moving north at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Automated sensor. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Fergus County.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana since 2008343 a year
- Every warning type in Montana
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels