NWS Missoula MTSV.W 0022September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell and 1 more, MT
The National Weather Service office in Missoula issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell and 1 more in Montana, which was in force until 2:00 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 22nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Missoula 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 26 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Missoula MT
- Area
- Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell and 1 more
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:34 p.m. MDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 2:00 p.m. MDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMSO SV.W 0022
- 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
SVRMSO The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Deer Lodge County in west central Montana... East Central Granite County in west central Montana... South Central Powell County in west central Montana... Central Silver Bow County in west central Montana... * Until 200 PM MDT. * At 134 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 8 miles east of Philipsburg to 8 miles south of Silver Bow, or along a line from 18 miles west of Deer Lodge to 11 miles southwest of Butte, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and hail up to 1". SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Deer Lodge, Anaconda, Butte, Silver Bow, Walkerville, Warm Springs, Galen, Gregson Hot Springs, West Valley, Opportunity, Crackerville, Racetrack, Lost Creek, Ramsay, Nissler, Newcomb and Janney.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
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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