Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
500 AM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
SINCE FRIDAY, CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA HAVE SEEN DAILY 
THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PROLIFIC LIGHTNING PRODUCERS. 
BELOW IS A TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING TO 400 AM THIS 
MORNING BY COUNTY.
COUNTY, STATE    LIGHTNING STRIKES
CLEARWATER, ID     139             
IDAHO, ID          616             
LEMHI, ID          322             
LINCOLN, MT        220             
DEERLODGE, MT       97              
FLATHEAD, MT       185             
GRANITE, MT        382             
LAKE, MT           121             
MINERAL, MT        182             
MISSOULA, MT       197             
POWELL, MT         543             
RAVALLI, MT        265             
SANDERS, MT        683 
SILVERBOW, MT      128             
TOTAL             4080   
REMEMBER TO STAY SAFE, WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS!