Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2011, 3:58 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana; Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2011, 3:58 AM MST (10:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Idaho County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Trout Creek, MT | TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Jan 12, 4:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 16 S Troy, MT | TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 430PM MST. |
| Jan 12, 5:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 15 Se Tarkio, MT | TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 5PM MST WHICH TRASITIONED TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 12, 5:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Essex, MT | BNSF SNOW SAFETY REPORT. 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT 6300 FEET. |
| Jan 12, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Se Yaak, MT | TURNING WINDS ACADEMIC INSTITUTE MEASURED SNOWFALL AS OF 6PM MST. |
| Jan 12, 6:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Saint Regis, MT | SNOWFALL AS OF 630PM MST |
| Jan 12, 8:50 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Stevensville, MT | SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS DECLARED ON US-93 FROM STEVENSVILLE TO MISSOULA MILEPOST 66.9. |
| Jan 12, 10:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 8 Ne Essex, MT | SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS DECLARED ON US-2 LEADING UP TO MARIAS PASS. |
| Jan 13, 6:30 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Florence, MT | SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE DECLARED ON US-93 FROM LOLO TO CONNER AND ALSO ALONG THE EASTSIDE HIGHWAY FROM FLORENCE TO HAMILTON. MULTIPLE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DELAYED STARTS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Powell, ID | TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Jan 13, 8:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 8 Nw Eureka, MT | TWENTY-FOUR HOUR STORM TOTAL FROM 8AM-8AM. |
| Jan 13, 8:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Columbia Falls, MT | TWENTY FOUR HOUR STORM TOTAL. 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859 WWUS45 KMSO 111058 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 358 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 MTZ001-004-111900- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 358 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-111900- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 358 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-111900- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 358 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...6 TO 8 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...3 TO 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
12 follow-up statements
848 WWUS45 KMSO 111117 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 407 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 MTZ001-004-111930- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 407 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-111930- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 407 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-111930- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 407 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW/RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO A MIX OF SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
787 WWUS45 KMSO 111142 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 442 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 MTZ001-004-112300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 442 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-112300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 442 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-112300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 442 AM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW/RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO A MIX OF SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS ARE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
089 WWUS45 KMSO 112200 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 MTZ003-120600- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEY WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. DURING THE PERIOD WHERE SNOW WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN...AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED. SNOW COVERED ROADS...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-120600- /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW FOR LOLO PASS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE DAY OVER LOLO PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-004-120600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-120600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-120600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOLLOWED BY FREEZING EPISODE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUB-FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-120600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 300 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 83. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-120600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
336 WWUS45 KMSO 120440 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 MTZ001-004-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING ...LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEY WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. DURING THE PERIOD WHERE SNOW WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN...AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED. SNOW COVERED ROADS... FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE DAY OVER LOLO PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING... FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUB-FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 83. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-121245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 840 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
452 WWUS45 KMSO 121158 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 MTZ001-004-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN THURSDAY THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEY WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW COVERED ROADS... FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.110112T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE DAY OVER LOLO PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING... FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SUB- FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 458 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 83. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-122230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 358 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
158 WWUS45 KMSO 121537 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 MTZ001-004-122345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. VALLEY SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-122345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-122345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEY TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW COVERED ROADS... FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-122345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE DAY OVER LOLO PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. VALLEY SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-122345- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SUB- FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA VALLEY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-122345- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 737 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECTED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-122345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.110112T1800Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 837 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION ALONG HIGHWAY 83. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW TODAY FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
312 WWUS45 KMSO 122150 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 MTZ001-004-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW COVERED ROADS...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER LOLO PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SUB-FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 250 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 150 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
570 WWUS45 KMSO 122225 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 IDZ006-130630- /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 225 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW FOR HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER LOLO PASS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...PARTICULARLY ON HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-004-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW COVERED ROADS...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ006-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER LOLO PASS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SUB-FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 325 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-130630- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 225 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING... FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
283 WWUS45 KMSO 130226 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 MTZ005-131200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MISSOULA VALLEY...WITH FREEZING RAIN SLOWLY SPREADING TO THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SUB- FREEZING SURFACE/GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL PROMOTE FREEZING PRECIPITATION EVEN THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY COULD SEE AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE AREA ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...EVEN SIDEWALKS EXTREMELY SLICK AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MANEUVER AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-004-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:6 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW COVERED ROADS...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FLATHEAD VALLEY...4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. MISSION VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 /626 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER LOLO PASS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW INITIALLY...CHANGING OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 726 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 200...INCLUDING THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION BY THURSDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 200 BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 626 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING... FOLLOWED BY AN EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
239 WWUS45 KMSO 131118 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 MTZ005-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT AND MISSOULA VALLEYS...AND RAIN ON SNOW COVERED ROADS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING. && $$ MTZ001-004-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. && $$ MTZ002-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE. && $$ MTZ003-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 /318 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOLO PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVER LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. && $$ MTZ043-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 418 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF CLEARWATER JUNCTION. UP TO 2 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 200. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. && $$ IDZ005-131800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 318 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND RAIN FALLING ON SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 TOP OF GREER GRADE TO HEADQUARTERS. && $$
665 WWUS45 KMSO 131755 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 MTZ005-131900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY HAS WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. THE LIGHT RAIN COULD FREEZE ON UNTREATED ROADS DUE TO SUB SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEING IN THE 20S. THE MISSOULA VALLEY CONTINUES TO BE BELOW FREEZING...BUT PRECIPITATION WILL BE DRIZZLE TO VERY LIGHT RAIN TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-131900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE VALLEY HAS WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING. THE REGION COULD SEE ANOTHER SHOT OF SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS COULD CAUSE SOME ICING ON UNTREATED ROADS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER THIS NEXT BOUT OF MOISTURE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ IDZ005-131900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 955 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE VALLEYS HAS WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. THE LIGHT RAIN COULD FREEZE ON UNTREATED ROADS DUE TO SUB SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEING IN THE 20S. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE DRIZZLE TO VERY LIGHT RAIN TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE $$ MTZ001-004-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE ANOTHER INCH BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ MTZ002-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE VALLEY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 /955 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOLO PASS AND LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVER LOLO PASS AND LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. && $$ IDZ009-010-140000- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF LEMHI COUNTY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SNOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ MTZ043-140000- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1055 AM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
785 WWUS45 KMSO 132350 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 MTZ001-004-140100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ002-140100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-140100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 /350 PM PST THU JAN 13 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOLO PASS... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOLO PASS WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF SOME TODAY...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. $$ MTZ043-140100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ009-010-140100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 450 PM MST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:58 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli | 50 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:59 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 33 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Idaho, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.