Red Flag Warning in Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty Fire Zone

Red Flag Warning issued July 24 at 11:16PM MDT until July 25 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT

• Event Start: 2026-07-24T23:16:00-06:00
• Event End: 2026-07-25T21:00:00-06:00
• Event Certainty: Likely
• Event Severity: Severe

Event Description

* AFFECTED AREA...Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty, Hill and Blaine Counties, Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front, Chouteau and Fergus Counties and Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 107. * THUNDERSTORMS...Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms may cause localized strong, and erratic wind gusts and lightning, mostly over zones 115 and 117 Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Containment of any ongoing or new fires may be very difficult.

Event Instructions

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Red Flag Warning.