Expires:201507050630;Remove:201507050630;107409 WFUS55 KTFX 050556 TORTFX MTC005-015-041-050630- /O.NEW.KTFX.TO.W.0006.150705T0556Z-150705T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1156 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... EAST CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT * AT 1156 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF PARKER SCHOOL...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF CHINOOK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. * THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HILL...SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE AND EAST CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LLOYD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4793 10877 4792 10880 4792 10888 4785 10890 4798 10963 4834 10959 4833 10872 TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 274DEG 37KT 4815 10921 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...2.75IN $$ MLV