NWS Great Falls MTSV.W 0114September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chouteau, Glacier, Hill and 3 more, MT
The National Weather Service office in Great Falls issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chouteau, Glacier, Hill and 3 more in Montana, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 114th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Great Falls issued in 2026. Montana had 61 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 10 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Montana's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Great Falls MT
- Area
- Chouteau, Glacier, Hill and 3 more
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:26 p.m. MDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. MDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTFX SV.W 0114
- 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 Pondera County in north central Montana... Liberty County in north central Montana... Eastern Glacier County in north central Montana... Toole County in north central Montana... Hill County in north central Montana... North central Chouteau County in north central Montana... * Until 545 PM MDT. * At 426 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles northwest of Valier to 7 miles south of Beaver Creek, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Recent observations of 70 to 80 mph winds with this line of storms. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Havre, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, Chester, Valier, Sunburst, Kevin, Beaver Creek, Lothair, Joplin, Inverness, Gildford, Box Elder, Azure, Boneau, Sangrey, Sweet Grass, Hingham, and Dupuyer.
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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels