Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2014, 1:56 PM PST for Idaho County, Idaho; 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 43 hr. 16 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 27, 2014, 1:56 PM PST (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2014, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2014, 2:00 PM PST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 27, 7:40 PM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | 4 Wnw West Valley, MT | PAVEMENT AND DRIVEWAY IS SLIPPERY. REPORTED FREEZING RAIN AT WARM SPRINGS EARLIER THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 4 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 7.4 NW OF ANACONDA |
| Feb 27, 7:46 PM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Sw Newcomb, MT | TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES F. ELEVATION 6200 FT. FREEZING RAIN DURATION NAN MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION 7 MI S OF BUTTE |
| Feb 27, 10:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 2.1 | Bonner, MT | 2.1 INCHES FELL IN 2.30HRS HEAVY SNOW DURATION 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM PST | SNOW 11 | 1 N Alberton, MT | NEAR 9 MILE FROM A NWS EMPLOYEE SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 5:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Ssw Evaro, MT | LITTLE WIND YET AS EASTERLY FLOW NOT DEEP ENOUGH THUS FAR. EASTERLY WINDS AND MINOR DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED 2.5 MILES SOUTH NEAR I-90. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Nw Ninemile, MT | PLOWING SNOW WITH THE SUV |
| Feb 28, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Anaconda, MT | |
| Feb 28, 8:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 S Condon, MT | WIND GUSTING TO AT LEAST 30 MPH. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 28, 10:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 N Evaro, MT | THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 1 INCH OBSERVED LAST NIGHT AT 730PM. 0.57 SWE WITH THE NEW SNOW. 30.5 SNOW DEPTH = 3.58 SWE. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 9 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 2.7 MI NNE OF EVARO |
| Feb 28, 11:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 N Florence, MT | 1/2MI VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTING TO 30 MPH. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 2FT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 10 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 2:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Hamilton, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 3:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Alberton, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 6:19 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 5 Ne Clearwater, ID | SNOW ENDED AS DRIZZLE AT 8:30 AM PST THEN DENSE FOG DEVELOPED WITH 300 FEET OF VISIBILITY THROUGH 3 PM. THE DENSE FOG HAS REDEVELOPED THIS EVENING. |
| Feb 28, 6:21 PM PST | BLIZZARD | Missoula, MT | REPORTED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING FROM 2 AM THROUGH AT LEAST 12:30 PM MST. THE VISIBILITIES DROPPED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE WITH THE GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEY HAVE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND HAD A TOUGH TIME DRIVING THIS MORNING. 1 TO 2 FOOT DRIFTS ON S |
| Feb 28, 6:57 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Seeley Lake, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 28, 11:36 PM PST | SNOW 5.4 | 5 Nw Missoula, MT | 24HR TOTAL OF 5.4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A 48HR TOTAL OF 9.1 INCHES 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 223 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
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202 WWUS45 KMSO 272156 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 MTZ005-043-281230- /O.UPG.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY. * MIXED PRECIPITATION IMPACTS/TIMING: A NASTY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. MANY SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE REMAINED SHELTERED FROM THE SUN. CONDITIONS COULD TURN PARTICULARLY ICY AFTER 5PM THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING QUITE STRONG DURING THE DAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-003-281230- /O.UPG.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.140228T0300Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0300Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * MIXED PRECIPITATION IMPACTS/TIMING: A NASTY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. MANY SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE REMAINED SHELTERED FROM THE SUN. CONDITIONS COULD TURN PARTICULARLY ICY AFTER 5PM THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOMING QUITE STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * 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 BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-281230- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0005.140228T0300Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0013.140228T0300Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY... 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 11 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * MIXED PRECIPITATION IMPACTS/TIMING: A NASTY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. MANY SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE REMAINED SHELTERED FROM THE SUN. CONDITIONS COULD TURN PARTICULARLY ICY AFTER 5PM THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... STRONGEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-006-281230- /O.CON.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0005.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MIXED PRECIPITATION IMPACTS/TIMING: A NASTY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. MANY SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE REMAINED SHELTERED FROM THE SUN. CONDITIONS COULD TURN PARTICULARLY ICY AFTER 5PM THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-280300- /O.CON.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 256 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * MIXED PRECIPITATION IMPACTS/TIMING: A NASTY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. MANY SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK... ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE REMAINED SHELTERED FROM THE SUN. CONDITIONS COULD TURN PARTICULARLY ICY AFTER 5PM THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...BASICALLY A LIGHT GLAZE. * 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 FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-281230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0005.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 156 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
16 follow-up statements
324 WWUS45 KMSO 280250 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 MTZ002-003-281100- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0300Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOMING QUITE STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * 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 BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ004-006-281100- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0005.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0013.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-281100- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.140228T0300Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... STRONGEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-281100- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-281100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0005.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0013.140228T0300Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 650 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS 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. && $$ MTZ005-043-281100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.140228T0300Z-140228T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 750 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING QUITE STRONG DURING THE DAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
712 WWUS45 KMSO 280308 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 MTZ005-043-281115- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140228T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140228T0900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING QUITE STRONG DURING THE DAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ MTZ002-003-281115- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOMING QUITE STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-281115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... STRONGEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-281115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 /708 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ FRIDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-281115- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 808 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
287 WWUS45 KMSO 280349 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 MTZ005-043-281200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140228T0900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST FRIDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING QUITE STRONG DURING THE DAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-003-281200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOMING QUITE STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * 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 BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-281200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... STRONGEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-281200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 /749 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ FRIDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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 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. && $$ IDZ005-281200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 749 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-281200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 749 PM PST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD 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. && $$ MTZ001-281200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 849 PM MST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
230 WWUS45 KMSO 280852 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 MTZ005-043-282300- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140228T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.140228T0900Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH NOON TODAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD DAWN...STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE DAY, ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY, ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO A FOOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ002-003-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY.CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-281800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /1252 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 152 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...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: SNOW, MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1252 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW, MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1252 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW, MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD 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. && $$
057 WWUS45 KMSO 280924 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 MTZ002-003-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ005-043-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH NOON TODAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD DAWN...STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE DAY... ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY... ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY.CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS POWELL COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-281800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /124 AM PST FRI FEB 28 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. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 224 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 124 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-282300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 124 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
324 WWUS45 KMSO 281547 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 MTZ002-003-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ARE EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREAS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED ELSEWHERE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ005-043-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE SOME THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASE A LITTLE AND SNOW INTENSITY WANES. HOWEVER BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE. BUT DO NOT BE DECEIVED! SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER WINDS WILL RETURN THIS EVENING AND BE DANGEROUSLY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTH ALONG US-93 TOWARDS LOLO AND FLORENCE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS FARTHER SOUTH UP THE BITTERROOT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA AND EAST MISSOULA. SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES SHOULD BE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MISSOULA VALLEY. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE BITTERROOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-281800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /747 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL SEVERELY HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO FOOT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 847 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...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 SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 747 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-010000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 747 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD 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. && $$
296 WWUS45 KMSO 281758 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140228T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.140228T1800Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /958 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND DIFFICULT ROADWAYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-003-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ARE EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREAS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED ELSEWHERE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ005-043-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE SOME THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASE A LITTLE AND SNOW INTENSITY WANES. HOWEVER BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE. BUT DO NOT BE DECEIVED! SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER WINDS WILL RETURN THIS EVENING AND BE DANGEROUSLY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTH ALONG US- 93 TOWARDS LOLO AND FLORENCE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS FARTHER SOUTH UP THE BITTERROOT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA AND EAST MISSOULA. SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES SHOULD BE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MISSOULA VALLEY. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE BITTERROOT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-011200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1058 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS TO BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-011200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 958 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-011200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 958 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. DEVELOPING EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
669 WWUS45 KMSO 010314 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 MTZ002-003-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREAS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * WIND CHILL: AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY TO 50 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ005-043-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER WINDS WILL RETURN THIS EVENING AND BE DANGEROUSLY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTH ALONG US- 93 TOWARDS LOLO AND FLORENCE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS FARTHER SOUTH UP THE BITTERROOT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES SHOULD BE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /714 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 814 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS TO BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 714 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 714 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. DEVELOPING NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALSO FREEZING FOG COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD 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. && $$
713 WWUS45 KMSO 010414 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 MTZ002-003-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY AND COLUMBIA FALLS AREAS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. IN THE MISSION VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * WIND CHILL: AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY TO 50 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ005-043-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER WINDS WILL RETURN THIS EVENING AND BE DANGEROUSLY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTH ALONG US- 93 TOWARDS LOLO AND FLORENCE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS FARTHER SOUTH UP THE BITTERROOT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES SHOULD BE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ007-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ009-010-011200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.140301T0900Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE AREA BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * 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. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 /814 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 914 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS TO BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 814 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-011200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 814 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. DEVELOPING NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALSO FREEZING FOG COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD 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. && $$
085 WWUS45 KMSO 011151 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ002-003-011800- /O.EXP.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0002.140301T1200Z-140301T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES, BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-011300- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY 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 $$ MTZ005-043-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THIS MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...BUT BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 11AM. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AND COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$ MTZ007-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 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. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$ IDZ005-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 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 AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE && $$ IDZ007-008-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND COMBINE WITH FREEZING FOG, WHICH COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE && $$ IDZ009-010-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON && $$
598 WWUS45 KMSO 011646 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ007-012200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ005-043-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THIS MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...BUT BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 11AM. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AND COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ002-003-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ008-012100- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ IDZ005-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 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 AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE $$ IDZ007-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND COMBINE WITH FREEZING FOG... WHICH COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE $$ IDZ009-010-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
081 WWUS45 KMSO 011759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ005-043-020200- /O.EXP.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 COORIDOR WILL HAVE WIND CHILL VALUES 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TODAY...OVERNIGHT THE EXTREME COLD WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ004-020200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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 8 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED AREAS WITHIN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. WORST CONDITIONS TONIGHT EXPECTED NEAR THOMPSON FALLS. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS $$ IDZ005-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE $$ IDZ007-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE $$ MTZ007-020200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...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. && $$ MTZ001-020200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. 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. && $$ IDZ009-010-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ IDZ008-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$
691 WWUS45 KMSO 012052 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. MTZ007-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS...PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...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. && $$ MTZ002-003-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. 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. && $$ MTZ005-043-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020500- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1252 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-012200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1252 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$
065 WWUS45 KMSO 012053 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. IDZ009-010-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1253 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ007-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...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. && $$ MTZ002-003-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... 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. && $$ MTZ001-004-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1253 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS 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. && $$
822 WWUS45 KMSO 012056 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. IDZ009-010-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1256 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ007-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. 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. && $$ MTZ005-043-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1256 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
210 WWUS45 KMSO 012134 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. MTZ007-020545- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...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. && $$ MTZ002-003-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... 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. && $$ MTZ001-004-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /134 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 7:46 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Idaho | 23 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:44 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:56 PM PST | Blizzard Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more | 44 hr |
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