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Hill County weather alerts

3 active alerts for Hill County, Montana right now: a Severe Thunderstorm Watch and 2 Special Weather Statements.

5 in the last 30 days 5 in 12 months (since Aug 30) most common: Hydrologic Outlook Get alerts on your phone →

Active alerts for Hill County

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Severe Future

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Issued Sun, Sep 6, 5:53 PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT Until Mon, Sep 7, 1:00 AM MDT (in 3 hr)

Area: Blaine, MT; Broadwater, MT; Cascade, MT; Chouteau, MT; Fergus, MT; Hill, MT; Judith Basin, MT; Lewis and Clark, MT; Liberty, MT; Meagher, MT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 662 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MONTANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MONTANA CASCADE FERGUS JUDITH BASIN MEAGHER IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA BLAINE CHOUTEAU HILL LIBERTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA BROADWATER IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA LEWIS AND CLARK THIS IN...

What it means: Conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms with large hail or damaging wind. Keep an eye on the sky and on warnings.

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Moderate Expected

Special Weather Statement

Issued Sun, Sep 6, 8:40 PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT Until Sun, Sep 6, 9:30 PM MDT (1 min ago)

Area: Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Fergus County below 4500ft

At 839 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles east of Geraldine, or 35 miles east of Fort Benton, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is poss...

What it means: A heads-up about conditions that do not meet warning or advisory criteria but still deserve attention, such as a strong storm, patchy fog or a brief burst of snow.

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Moderate Expected

Special Weather Statement

Issued Sun, Sep 6, 9:03 PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT Until Sun, Sep 6, 9:45 PM MDT (in 15 min)

Area: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Hill County; Western and Central Chouteau County

At 902 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles southeast of The Knees, or 21 miles west of Fort Benton, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Kenilworth.

What it means: A heads-up about conditions that do not meet warning or advisory criteria but still deserve attention, such as a strong storm, patchy fog or a brief burst of snow.

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Last 30 days

Recent alerts for Hill County

Alert	Issued	Ended	Issued by
Hydrologic Outlook	1:54 AM	12:00 PM	Great Falls MT
Hydrologic Outlook	Sep 5, 10:40 AM	12:00 PM	Great Falls MT

Pattern

What Hill County gets alerted for

Every alert that named Hill County in the last 12 months, by type. Records begin August 30, 2026, so this fills in over the year.

Hydrologic Outlook

Special Weather Statement

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Plain English

What these alerts mean

A warning means the hazard is happening or about to; a watch means conditions favour it; an advisory is a lesser hazard still worth planning around.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms with large hail or damaging wind. Keep an eye on the sky and on warnings.

Special Weather Statement

A heads-up about conditions that do not meet warning or advisory criteria but still deserve attention, such as a strong storm, patchy fog or a brief burst of snow.

Hydrologic Outlook

Flooding may develop over the coming days as rain, snowmelt or river levels rise.

Nearby

Alerts near Hill County

Neighbouring counties in Montana

Chouteau County5 Liberty County3 Blaine County4 All of Montana →

Questions

About Hill County alerts

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Where do these alerts come from?

From the National Weather Service alert feed (api.weather.gov). NWS issues alerts by county and by forecast zone; this page lists every product that names Hill County. Forecast Bar checks the feed continuously and this page refreshes within a few minutes of a change.

What is the difference between a watch, a warning and an advisory?

A warning means the hazard is occurring, imminent or very likely: act now. A watch means conditions are favourable for it to develop: prepare and stay informed. An advisory covers a hazard that is less serious than a warning but can still cause real inconvenience or danger if you are not ready for it.

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