Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2014, 2:54 PM MST for 10 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 22, 2014, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 36 hr. 40 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 22, 2014, 2:54 PM MST (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 36 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, 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 23, 8:45 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Newcomb, MT | DIFFICULT TO MEASURE SNOW DEPTH DUE TO 2 FOOT DRIFTS, BUT A GOOD ESTIMATE IS 12 TO 14 INCHES. BARELY GETTING IN AND OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY, NO PLACE TO PUT SNOW. LIGHT SNOW, LIGHT WIND, 16 DEG. F NOW. ELEVATION 6,200 FT. SNOW DURATION 8 HOURS 45 MINUTES OBSERVE |
| Feb 23, 11:55 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Stevensville, MT | STEVENSVILLE FOREST SERVICE WEB CAM INDICATES POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW AROUND 11 AM MST. SNOW CRYSTALS HAVE APPEARED TO HAVE MORPHED FROM FINE GRAINS TO LARGER DENDRITES. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION STEVENSVILLE |
| Feb 23, 12:53 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 3 E Florence, MT | REPORTED 1 OF SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR. 1.5 OF THE TOTAL FELL OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 1 HOUR |
| Feb 23, 12:55 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ene Charlos Heights, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 3:42 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 3 Ene Charlos Heights, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 4:40 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Anaconda, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 4:57 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Greenough, MT | SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 6:37 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Florence, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 8:22 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 N Kalispell, MT | SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 8:55 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 2 Sse Seeley Lake, MT | 3 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 6PM MST SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 2 MI S OF SEELEY LAKE |
| Feb 23, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.4 | Bonner, MT | COCORAHS STATION BONNER /7872B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 11:16 PM MST | SNOW 7.3 | Frenchtown, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 11:23 PM MST | SNOW 8 | Evaro, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 23, 11:25 PM MST | SNOW 10 | Seeley Lake, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 5:15 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Missoula, MT | COCORAHS STATION 5 W MISSOULA /6642C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 N Creston, MT | COCORAHS STATION 5 NNW CRESTON /3666S/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Ene East Missoula, MT | COCORAHS STATION 2 ENE EAST MISSOULA /2041R/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 6:13 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Wnw West Valley, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 7.4 NW OF ANACONDA |
| Feb 24, 6:22 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Ese Mullan, MT | 10 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT LOOKOUT PASS SKI RESORT IN THE PAST 24HRS. |
| Feb 24, 6:40 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ene Bigfork, MT | COCORAHS STATION 3 E BIGFORK /0071H/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 6:49 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 2 Sse Seeley Lake, MT | 8.5 INCHES SINCE 9PM, 16 INCHES STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 24, 6:50 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Nnw Huson, MT | |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Wnw West Valley, MT | COCORAHS STATION 6 WNW ANACONDA /4949O/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Se Marion, MT | COCORAHS STATION 1 ESE MARION /0068H/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Nnw Hamilton, MT | COOP OBSERVER STATION HAMILTON /HAMM8/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 6.3 | 5 Nnw Missoula, MT | COCORAHS STATION 5 NNW MISSOULA /5994C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 6.5 | 4 E Corvallis, MT | COCORAHS STATION 4 E CORVALLIS /7167C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 7.3 | 4 Ese Pablo, MT | COCORAHS STATION 4 ESE PABLO /1462O/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 9 | 1 Nnw Evaro, MT | COCORAHS STATION 1 NNW EVARO /5745C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 10 | 3 S White Pine, MT | COCORAHS STATION 9 NW THOMPSON FALLS /5994S/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Greenough, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:21 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 Ssw Greenough, MT | 6 SINCE 5PM, STORM TOTAL 12 |
| Feb 24, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 4 Nw Noxon, MT | COCORAHS STATION 4 WNW NOXON /5126C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 N Ninemile, MT | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 24, 8:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3.7 | 4 Nw Noxon, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 4 MI NW OF NOXON |
| Feb 24, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 10 Sse Orogrande, ID | COOP OBSERVER STATION DIXIE NORTH /DXEI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 3 Sw Ovando, MT | COCORAHS STATION 3 WSW OVANDO /8866O/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 24, 8:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 Nne Finley Point, MT | |
| Feb 24, 8:46 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 1 S Condon, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 1.5 MI S OF CONDON |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 10 | 4 Ese Florence, MT | COCORAHS STATION 4 ESE FLORENCE /5909C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
083 WWUS45 KMSO 222154 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 IDZ007-008-231200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0300Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 154 PM PST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. 5 TO 8 CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-043-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR, IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS, GARRISON JUNCTION, ALONG I-90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90, HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE KALISPELL AREA. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS IN KALISPELL AND BADROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT, TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T0600Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 /154 PM PST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-231200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF NORTH FORK. 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS: SALMON...LEADORE...GILMORE SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-231200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY FOR...SHOUP... 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 SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. && $$ MTZ001-002-231200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T1200Z-140224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 254 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
073 WWUS45 KMSO 222202 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 IDZ007-008-231215- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0300Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 157 PM PST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. 5 TO 8 CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-043-231215- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR, IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS, GARRISON JUNCTION, ALONG I-90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90, HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-231215- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE KALISPELL AREA. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS IN KALISPELL AND BADROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-231215- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T1200Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT, TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-231215- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0011.140223T0600Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 /157 PM PST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS...PIERCE...HEADQUARTERS...INTERSTATE 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO FRENCHTOWN...EVARO HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-231215- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.140223T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF NORTH FORK. 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS: SALMON...LEADORE...GILMORE SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-231215- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY FOR...SHOUP... 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 SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. && $$ MTZ001-002-231215- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.140223T1200Z-140224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 257 PM MST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
556 WWUS45 KMSO 231218 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 MTZ007-043-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOWFALL EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS... GARRISON JUNCTION... ALONG I-90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT... MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90...HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE KALISPELL AREA. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS NEAR KALISPELL AND BADROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 /418 AM PST SUN FEB 23 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS...PIERCE...HEADQUARTERS...INTERSTATE 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO FRENCHTOWN...EVARO HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 418 AM PST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. 5 TO 8 CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-002-232215- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-231800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 518 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...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 TO BE PRESENT THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. && $$
437 WWUS45 KMSO 231757 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 IDZ009-010-231900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140223T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ MTZ007-043-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT HEAVY SNOWFALL EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...GARRISON JUNCTION...ALONG I- 90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90...HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE KALISPELL AREA. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS NEAR KALISPELL AND BADROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 /957 AM PST SUN FEB 23 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS...PIERCE...HEADQUARTERS...INTERSTATE 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO FRENCHTOWN...EVARO HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 957 AM PST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. 5 TO 8 CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-002-232100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 1057 AM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
553 WWUS45 KMSO 232058 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 MTZ007-043-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ESPECIALLY FROM CONDON SOUTH TO THE I-90 CORRIDOR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...GARRISON JUNCTION... ALONG I-90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90...HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE KALISPELL AREA. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS NEAR KALISPELL AND BAD ROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY BY LATE THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 /1258 PM PST SUN FEB 23 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS...PIERCE...HEADQUARTERS...INTERSTATE 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO FRENCHTOWN...EVARO HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1258 PM PST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. 5 TO 8 CAMAS PRAIRIE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-002-241200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 158 PM MST SUN FEB 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. HIGHWAY 83 FROM SWAN LAKE SOUTH COULD EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN AND SOUTH OF SWAN LAKE. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * WIND CHILLS: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO, MAINLY AT MARIAS PASS AND THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON INTO KALISPELL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
676 WWUS45 KMSO 241143 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 MTZ007-043-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...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: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ESPECIALLY FROM CONDON SOUTH TO THE I-90 CORRIDOR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...GARRISON JUNCTION... ALONG I- 90 BETWEEN BONNER AND DRUMMOND AND HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO OVANDO. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2-4 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...MAINLY THROUGH THE I-90...HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 FROM BONNER TO BUTTE. US 12 FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO MACDONALD PASS. HOMESTAKE PASS. HIGHWAY 1 FROM ANACONDA TO PHILIPSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE MISSION VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF FLATHEAD LAKE AS WELL AS NEAR KALISPELL AND BAD ROCK CANYON. * LOCATIONS: MISSION VALLEY AND POLSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...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: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY BY LATE THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2-4 INCHES, LOCALLY HIGHER. * LOCATIONS: FRENCHTOWN...MISSOULA...US-93 FROM LOLO TO HAMILTON. * WIND: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 /343 AM PST MON FEB 24 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3-5 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER. * LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED: HIGHWAY 12 EAST OF LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...LOST TRAIL PASS...PIERCE...HEADQUARTERS...INTERSTATE 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO FRENCHTOWN...EVARO HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-002-241800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 443 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING:LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE PRESENT AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. HIGHWAY 83 FROM SWAN LAKE SOUTH COULD EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HAPPY'S INN AND SOUTH OF SWAN LAKE. * WINDS: NORTH TO EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND AT MARIAS PASS. * WIND CHILLS: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO... MAINLY AT MARIAS PASS AND THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON INTO KALISPELL. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-241800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 343 AM PST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
337 WWUS45 KMSO 241759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 MTZ007-043-241900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ003-241900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ005-241900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-241900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 /959 AM PST MON FEB 24 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ001-002-241900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140224T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- 1059 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * 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 $$ IDZ007-008-250200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-140225T1500Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 959 AM PST MON FEB 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 3000 FEET IMPACTING GRANGEMONT AND GREER GRADES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL EXPERIENCE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THIS EVENING THE SNOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD OVER THE WHITEBIRD GRADE AND GRANGEVILLE AREA. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 22, 4:53 AM MST, 10 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:53 AM MST, 10 hours 1 minute before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
453 AM MST Sat Feb 22 2014
...HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES...
.DISCUSSION...
Concentrated bands of moderate to heavy snowfall will continue to
exist across the Northern Rockies today, ahead of a significant
snow event beginning tonight. The snow bands will continue to
bring periodic snow accumulations to White Bird Grade and
Clearwater Mountains in Idaho and Bitterroot, Sapphire, and Flint
Creek Mountains in Montana throughout today. Snow covered roads
and limited visibility will create hazardous driving conditions at
times.
WIDESPREAD SNOW/VISIBILITY IMPACT TONIGHT...
A blast of Pacific moisture will move across the Pacific
Northwest this afternoon and reach the Northern Rockies by this
evening. Coinciding with the moisture surge, an arctic airmass
will begin to infiltrate northwest Montana from east of the
Continental Divide today. The relatively dense arctic air will
undercut the relatively warm and moist Pacific airmass, thereby
creating an ideal scenario for rapid snow formation. The dividing
line between the two airmasses is anticipated to develop over west
central Montana, with the highest concentration of snowfall over
this area as well. Unlike most wintertime systems that have a strong
surge of Pacific air, the low elevations will have remarkably
similar chances of heavy snow as high elevations due to the direct
interaction between these two airmasses.
The implications of such heavy snow on populated valleys, such as
the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys, and well-traveled corridors,
such as Interstate 90 and Highways 93 and 200, could be quite
crippling. However, the zone where these airmasses meet, whether
this zone develops a hundred miles north or south of Missoula,
will dramatically change the scope of this winter weather impact.
The I-90 corridor is currently the most likely location of the
storm epicenter Saturday night through Monday morning. Snowfall
rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour will not be uncommon at the height
of this storm, with up to a foot of new snow anticipated for
valley elevations.
If you must travel around the region Saturday evening through
Monday morning, consider preparing a winter weather emergency kit
for use in the event that area roads become impassable for a time.
Even if area roads are passable, there are likely to be
significant travel delays due to snow covered roads and low
visibility. The greatest travel impacts are anticipated to
diminish rapidly during Monday morning.
A weak ridge of high pressure is expected to build starting late
Tuesday into Wednesday bringing clear skies and very cold
temperatures for Wednesday morning. In the long term, models
continue to remain active with weather systems for the later part
of next week.
&&
.AVIATION...Snow will be on the increase this afternoon as the
next weather system approaches western Montana and north central
Idaho. KMSO, KSMN and KBTM will see the best chances for snow this
afternoon. Expect lower ceilings and visibility at times and
mountains to be obscured. KGPI could see a few snow showers before
the arctic boundary fills in later this evening bringing breezy
northeast winds along with it.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER STORM WATCH from this afternoon through Monday morning
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains...Butte/Blackfoot Region...
Flathead/Mission Valleys...Lower Clark Fork Region...
Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys...Potomac/Seeley Lake Region.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 9 AM PST this morning Lower Hells
Canyon/Salmon River Region...Orofino/Grangeville Region.
WINTER STORM WATCH from this afternoon through Monday morning
Eastern Lemhi County...Northern Clearwater Mountains...
Southern Clearwater Mountains.
&&
Zumpfe/Kino
Aviation...Kino
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 65 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:57 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 16 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.