NWS Great Falls MTSV.W 0103August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus and 1 more, MT
The National Weather Service office in Great Falls issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus and 1 more in Montana, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 103rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Great Falls issued in 2026. Montana had 58 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 61 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Montana's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 54 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
- Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus and 1 more
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:51 p.m. MDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. MDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTFX SV.W 0103
- 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... Northwestern Fergus County in central Montana... Southwestern Blaine County in north central Montana... Southeastern Hill County in north central Montana... Eastern Chouteau County in north central Montana... * Until 745 PM MDT. * At 650 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of Geraldine, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Wind gusts near 67 mph were reported east of Fort Benton with this storm. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Big Sandy, Geraldine, Azure, Parker School, Agency, St. Pierre, Sangrey, Boneau, Box Elder, Rocky Boy, Cleveland, Laredo, Loma, Square Butte, Kenilworth, Lloyd, Judith Landing, Iliad, and Virgelle.
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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels