NWS Missoula MTSV.W 0025September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Powell, MT
The National Weather Service office in Missoula issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Powell in Montana, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 25th 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 27 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Missoula MT
- Area
- Powell
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:03 p.m. MDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. MDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMSO SV.W 0025
- 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... Southeastern Powell County in west central Montana... * Until 530 PM MDT. * At 503 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of Garrison, or 12 miles north of Deer Lodge, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Avon, Elliston and Blossburg.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail.
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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