Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2011, 2:36 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 21, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 63 hr. 21 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
- Feb 21, 2011, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 2:16 PM MST
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:13 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | Troy, MT | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Troy, MT | |
| Feb 22, 8:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Ne Essex, MT | SNOWFALL WAS SINCE 10PM LAST NIGHT, SNOWFALL RATE AT TIME OF CALL 1 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Feb 22, 8:43 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Grangeville, ID | SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REPORTED, VISIBILITY OF 300-500 FEET. GRANGEVILLE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. CARS WERE SLIDING OFF THE ROADS. |
| Feb 22, 9:47 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Se Yaak, MT | |
| Feb 22, 10:02 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Libby, MT | LIBBY DISPATCH REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE TOWN. |
| Feb 22, 2:08 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 9 Nne Yaak, MT | 24 HOUR TOTAL. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 22, 2:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Pierce, ID | REPORTED AT THE CITY HALL. |
| Feb 22, 2:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Elk River, ID | MEASURED AT THE POST OFFICE. |
| Feb 22, 2:25 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 Sw Clearwater, ID | 42 MPH WINDS WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING PRODUCING BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS |
| Feb 22, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.4 | 2 Nw Heron, MT | 24 HOUR TOTAL. 10 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 9 PM 02/21/11 TILL 730 AM 02/22/2011. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Eureka, MT | MEASURED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 5 Nnw Eureka, MT | |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 6 Ssw Eureka, MT | |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Eureka, MT | A LISTENER CALLED THIS REPORT INTO A LOCAL TV STATION. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Ahsahka, ID | |
| Feb 23, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | Powell, ID | 24 HOUR TOTAL. STORM TOTALL 11.8 INCHES. |
| Feb 23, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Powell, ID | |
| Feb 23, 7:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Weippe, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. STORM TOTAL 11 INCHES. |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 N Florence, MT | SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CREATING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG HIEGHWAY 93 BETWEEN FLORENCE AND LOLO. |
| Feb 24, 1:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Columbia Falls, MT |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 WWUS45 KMSO 212136 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 236 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 IDZ005-006-220545- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0005.110222T0600Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110222T0600Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 136 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001>004-220545- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T0600Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 236 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...KALISPELL...LIBBY ...EUREKA ...WHITEFISH...ESSEX... SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE... FLATHEAD LAKE...POLSON... EVARO HILL... THOMPSON FALLS... PLAINS I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-043-220545- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 236 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. THIS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-220545- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 136 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM OROFINO TO KOOSKIA. AROUND 5 INCHES IN GRANGEVILLE AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. UP TO 8 INCHES ON GREER GRADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
16 follow-up statements
637 WWUS45 KMSO 220504 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1004 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 IDZ005-006-221200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110222T0600Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 904 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001>004-221200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T0600Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1004 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE... FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON... EVARO HILL... HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-043-221200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1004 PM MST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. THIS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-221200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 904 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM OROFINO TO KOOSKIA. AROUND 5 INCHES IN GRANGEVILLE AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. UP TO 8 INCHES ON GREER GRADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
038 WWUS45 KMSO 221112 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 412 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 IDZ005-006-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 312 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ MTZ001>004-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 412 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE... FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON... EVARO HILL... HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN && $$ MTZ006-043-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 412 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$ IDZ007-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110222T1200Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 312 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM OROFINO TO KOOSKIA. AROUND 5 INCHES IN GRANGEVILLE AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. UP TO 9 INCHES ON GREER GRADE. && $$
039 WWUS45 KMSO 221230 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 530 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 MTZ004-222200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 530 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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 BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-222200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 530 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MAY STILL BE INTENSE AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 430 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ MTZ002-003-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 530 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON. $$ MTZ006-043-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 530 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. $$ IDZ007-222200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 430 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE WILL ALSO SEE BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM OROFINO TO KOOSKIA. AROUND 5 INCHES IN GRANGEVILLE AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. UP TO 9 INCHES ON GREER GRADE. && $$
342 WWUS45 KMSO 221433 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 733 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 IDZ007-222245- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 633 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE NEAR GRANGEVILLE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. 4 TO 7 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 1500 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN OROFINO AND KOOSKIA. 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. && $$ IDZ008-222245- /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 633 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-222245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 633 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ MTZ004-222245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 733 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-222245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 733 AM MST TUE FEB 22 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: PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MAY STILL BE INTENSE AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-003-222245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 733 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ006-043-222245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 733 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
711 WWUS45 KMSO 221721 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 MTZ002-230130- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID DAY...WITH A BRIEF BREAK DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL RESUME TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL...WHITEOUTS...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 6 TO 9 INCHES FOR LOW ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 12 INCHES FOR MARIAS PASS. * WIND: WIND SHIFTING TO EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-230130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 921 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ MTZ004-230130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-230000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 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: PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MAY STILL BE INTENSE AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ007-230130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 921 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE NEAR GRANGEVILLE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. 4 TO 7 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 1500 FEET. 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN OROFINO AND KOOSKIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ008-230130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 921 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. 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. && $$ MTZ003-230000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ006-043-230130- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1021 AM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
476 WWUS45 KMSO 222204 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 MTZ003-231200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110223T1200Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND ARCTIC AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS PRESENT ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ004-231200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. PERIODIC SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: OVERNIGHT...3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-231200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY...WITH NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW DURING THIS TIME WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT LOCATIONS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-231200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 204 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ IDZ007-231200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 204 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE NEAR GRANGEVILLE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. 3 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 1500 FEET. 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN OROFINO AND KOOSKIA. * WIND: WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH NEAR SNOW SHOWERS. 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. && $$ MTZ002-231200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL RESUME THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL...WHITEOUTS...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. * WIND: BECOMING EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ008-231200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 204 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDI TONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. * WIND: WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH NEAR SNOW SHOWERS. 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. && $$ MTZ005-231200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110223T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWER WILL BRING QUICK BURSTS OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND DEGRADED ROAD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 5 TO 8 INCHES UNDER PERSISTENT SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ006-231200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 304 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$
579 WWUS45 KMSO 222359 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 MTZ003-231400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110223T1200Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND AND ARCTIC AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-231400- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS PRESENT ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ004-231400- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. PERIODIC SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT...3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-231400- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY...WITH NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW DURING THIS TIME WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT LOCATIONS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-231200- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 353 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER CLEARWATER AND NORTHERN IDAHO COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS CLEARWATER COUNTY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY INCLUDING DIXIE AND ELK CITY. && $$ IDZ007-231200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 353 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE NEAR GRANGEVILLE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. 3 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 1500 FEET. 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN OROFINO AND KOOSKIA. * WIND: WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH NEAR SNOW SHOWERS. 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. && $$ MTZ002-231400- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL RESUME THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL...WHITEOUTS...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. * WIND: BECOMING EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ008-231200- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 353 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. * WIND: WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH NEAR SNOW SHOWERS. 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. && $$ MTZ005-231400- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.110223T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWER WILL BRING QUICK BURSTS OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND DEGRADED ROAD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 5 TO 8 INCHES UNDER PERSISTENT BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ006-231400- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 453 PM MST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$
068 WWUS45 KMSO 231218 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 IDZ007-232030- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0009.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 418 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LAST NIGHT'S SHOWERS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-232030- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0009.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 418 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LAST NIGHT'S SHOWERS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ008-232030- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0009.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 418 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LAST NIGHT'S SHOWERS OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-232030- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0300Z-110224T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-232030- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BEARMOUTH... HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER MACDONALD PASS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES...UP TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-232030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 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: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. IN THE MISSION VALLEY... NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ004-232030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-232030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-232030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY...INTENSIFYING TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-232030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 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: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ALONG THIS ROUTE. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO 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 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. && $$ MTZ006-232030- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1800Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-232030- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 518 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND OVER GILMORE...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
588 WWUS45 KMSO 231228 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 MTZ005-232200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0300Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 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: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. IN THE MISSION VALLEY... NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ004-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY...INTENSIFYING TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 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: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ALONG THIS ROUTE. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO 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 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. && $$ IDZ005>008-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 428 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BEARMOUTH... HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER MACDONALD PASS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES...UP TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ006-232200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110223T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-232200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 528 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND OVER GILMORE...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
097 WWUS45 KMSO 232121 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 MTZ003-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. IN THE MISSION VALLEY... NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: MISSION VALLEY...10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 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: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 9 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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 BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...INTENSIFYING TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...BECOMING 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY 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... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ALONG THIS ROUTE. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005>008-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 121 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK /SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0300Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY EARLY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BOTH INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BEARMOUTH... HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER MACDONALD PASS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...UP TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-240530- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 221 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 4 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
265 WWUS45 KMSO 240512 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 MTZ003-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 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: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. IN THE MISSION VALLEY... NORTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFYING 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: MISSION VALLEY...10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES BY HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 9 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...BECOMING 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 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: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ALONG THIS ROUTE. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005>008-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 912 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK /SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY EARLY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BEARMOUTH... HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER MACDONALD PASS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...UP TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-241315- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T0600Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1012 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PASSES AND HIGHER TERRAIN. 2 TO 4 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
892 WWUS45 KMSO 241205 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 MTZ002-241800- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T1205Z-110224T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-241800- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.110224T1205Z-110224T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THIS MORNING. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 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: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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 BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW...PRODUCING BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ALONG THESE ROUTES. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005>008-242200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 405 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN VALLEYS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS...WHITEBIRD GRADE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-242100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-242200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 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: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BEARMOUTH...HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER MACDONALD PASS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER HIGH TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TODAY. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-242200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 505 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
453 WWUS45 KMSO 241434 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 MTZ002-242245- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0002.110224T1434Z-110225T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ003-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT FROM DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON && $$ MTZ004-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 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: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK/SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. && $$ MTZ043-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW...PRODUCING BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH TO HELLGATE CANYON. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. && $$ IDZ005>008-242245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 634 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN VALLEYS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS... WHITEBIRD GRADE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE. && $$ MTZ005-242100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-242245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 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: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER HIGH TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS && $$ MTZ001-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK/SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-242245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 734 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS. && $$
559 WWUS45 KMSO 241750 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 MTZ003-250200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.110224T1800Z-110225T0600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...FLATHEAD LAKE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ043-250200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.110224T1800Z-110225T1200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ004-250200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.110224T1800Z-110225T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ001-250200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.110224T1800Z-110225T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IDZ005>008-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 950 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME AND CAUSE REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN VALLEYS. 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS...WHITEBIRD GRADE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ005-242100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T2100Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ007-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER HIGH TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ002-250200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1050 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$
015 WWUS45 KMSO 241828 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 MTZ005-250230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110224T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS CREATING DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WIND DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MISSOULA...STEVENSVILLE...CORVALLIS...HAMILTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005>008-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1028 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME AND CAUSE REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN VALLEYS. 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS...WHITEBIRD GRADE AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ007-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 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: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRAMATICALLY FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER HIGH TERRAIN. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * WIND: EAST TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ043-250230- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-250230- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ001-250230- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ004-250230- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1128 AM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH AS THE DAY CONTINUES. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
598 WWUS45 KMSO 242116 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 IDZ005>008-250600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 116 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS. HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES IN HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-250600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T1600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ043-250600- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. && $$ MTZ002-003-250600- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * WIND: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON && $$ MTZ005-250600- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS CREATING DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. * WIND: MISSOULA VALLEY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA. && $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ006-250000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES AND SLICK/SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ001-250600- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH. && $$ MTZ004-250600- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 216 PM MST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BUT WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 10 hr |
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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.