Butte-Silver Bow Emergency Management

06/01/2026

VIDEO CALL SCAM

We have been made aware that several individuals have received video calls displaying an ID of “PCH” along with a Gmail email address. During these calls, the caller claims the recipient has won a Publishers Clearing House prize and begins requesting personal information.

If you receive a video call like this, do not answer it and do not provide any personal or financial information.

06/01/2026

Check out the three day totals for rain since Friday. Impressive numbers across the area.

06/01/2026

This is interesting...

UPDATED RAIN TOTALS: Here are some of the 48 hour rainfall totals from across the state as of 9am Sunday morning (5/31/26).

Please know that I try to include as many locations as possible, but I can't include all of them. Also, if the rain total I have for your location doesn't match what you have recorded, I'm sorry, but I have no control over that. I just report what the weather stations report.

05/29/2026

When thunder roars go indoors! ⚡️⚡️

This screenshot is from the WeatherBug app.

05/28/2026

For your situational awareness:

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: This is for Jefferson County which includes Elk Park and Homestake- so it's close. Take shelter. ⚡

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
614 PM MDT Tue May 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Broadwater County in southwestern Montana...
Jefferson County in southwestern Montana...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 614 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Boulder to near Toston, moving northwest at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Townsend, Boulder, Montana City, Toston, Basin, Wickes, Alhambra, Corbin, Elkhorn State Park, Winston, Radersburg, Elk Park, Silos, Clancy, Jefferson City, and Goose Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

05/17/2026

# HEADLINE
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT ABOVE 5000 FEET

# DETAILS
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WHAT
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches in the mountain terrain above 5000 feet. Accumulations up to 10 inches above 6,000 ft. Slushy accumulations possible for Lost Trail, Homestake and MacDonald Passes and around Georgetown Lake. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

WHERE
Highway 93 Sula to Lost Trail Pass, Homestake Pass, Georgetown Lake, MacDonald Pass, Butte, and Lolo Pass.

WHEN
Until midnight MDT tonight.

IMPACTS
Plan on slippery backcountry road conditions. Cold, wet and breezy conditions may create hypothermia risk for those recreating in the backcountry.

ISSUED AT
Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 8:50 AM MDT

ISSUED BY
National Weather Service Missoula MT

HEADER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

# PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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Slow down and use caution while traveling on high mountain roads. Pack full waterproof layers and thermal gear to ensure you stay warm and dry if recreating in the backcountry.

# AREAS AFFECTED
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Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains, Butte/Blackfoot Region

05/15/2026

[Friday, 5/15/2026; 3:15PM] Crews are responding to a fire in the Basin Creek / Herman Gulch area. Please stay out of the area to allow access for emergency vehicles and responding personnel.

Please do not call 911 to report smoke in the area.