Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 28, 2014, 3:13 AM PST for Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho; 10 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 61 hr. 52 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2014, 3:13 AM PST (11:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2014, 11:00 AM PST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 5:23 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 5 Nw East Portal, MT | SKI LOOKOUT MEASURED 3 OF NEW SNOW AS OF THIS MORNING. THE MTDOT WEBCAMS AT LOOKOUT PASS ON I-90 INDICATED SNOW COVERED ROADS SINCE MIDNIGHT. SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 29, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nnw East Missoula, MT | MIDDLE RATTLESNAKE AREA. SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS |
| Jan 29, 7:15 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 7 Nne Finley Point, MT | CURRENTLY MODERATE SNOW WITH 3/8 OF A MILE. START TIME OF 4:30 AM MST BASED ON WEB CAMS AT FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION. SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS 45 MINUTES |
| Jan 29, 8:27 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Nw Ferdinand, ID | RECEIVED 0.5 OF SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGED TO RAIN AT 7:45 AM PST. THIN GLAZE ON PATIO ALREADY. CURRENT TEMPERATURE= 33 DEG. F AND IT CONTINUES TO RAIN. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 45 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION 3 MI NW OF FERDINAND |
| Jan 29, 9:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Ssw Lost Trail Pass, MT | THE LOST TRAIL SKI RESORT REPORTED 6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE ITD ROAD SENSOR STARTED REPORTING SNOW AT 3:30 AM MST. CURRENT TEMPERATURE AT LOST TRAIL PASS IS 21 DEG. F, WINDS ARE SE 8-12 MPH. THE SADDLE MTN. SNOTEL, 1 MILE WEST OF THE PASS, REPORTED 4 INCHES THIS |
| Jan 29, 10:25 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | Salmon, ID | STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. |
| Jan 29, 10:36 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Wsw Salmon, ID | STILL SNOWING. ELEVATION 4160 FEET. |
| Jan 29, 11:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | 27 Nne Challis, ID | SCHWARTZ LAKE SNOTEL 8620 MSL. 9-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 29, 11:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.7 | 24 N Challis, ID | MORGAN CREEK SNOTEL 7600 MSL. 9-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 29, 11:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.7 | 32 Ne Mackay, ID | MOONSHINE SNOTEL 7440 MSL. 9-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 29, 11:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.8 | 37 Ne Mackay, ID | MEADOW LAKE SNOTEL 9150 MSL. 9-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 29, 11:46 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 Ne Heron, MT | SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN AROUND 12:25 PM MST. RECEIVED 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW UP UNTIL 10:30 AM. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IS 31 F. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 20 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION 9.1 MI NNW OF NOXON |
| Jan 29, 11:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 8 Ese Evaro, MT | STUART MOUNTAIN SNOTEL AT 7,400 FT., LOCATED 9.5 MILES NNE OF MISSOULA. IT ALSO REPORTED 1.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE 3 AM MST. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IS 28 DEG. F. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 10 HOURS |
| Jan 29, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 S Condon, MT | THEY REPORTED 1 INCH AT 9 AM. CURRENTLY THE VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW. ELEVATION 3,803 FT. |
| Jan 29, 5:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Wnw Salmon, ID | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 1 MI WNW OF SALMON |
| Jan 29, 5:15 PM PST | SNOW 12 | 1 W Nw West Glacier, MT | NEAR THE WEST GLACIER GOLF COURSE 12 HOURS |
| Jan 29, 5:15 PM PST | SNOW 12 | 9 N Columbia Falls, MT | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 29, 5:31 PM PST | SNOW 6.7 | Essex, MT | SNOW DURATION 11 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ESSEX |
| Jan 29, 7:29 PM PST | SNOW 11 | 4 Sse Creston, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 5 MI N BIGFORK |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 4 W Missoula, MT | |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 W Bonner, MT | |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 3 Ene Bigfork, MT | |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 1 Wnw Columbia Falls, MT | |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | 1 Nnw Evaro, MT | |
| Jan 30, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 9.6 | Dixie Coop Dxei1, ID | 24 HOUR AMOUNT |
| Jan 30, 5:23 AM PST | BLIZZARD | Missoula, MT | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. 6 INCH SNOW DRIFTS HAVE FORMED IN SPOTS |
| Jan 30, 5:41 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Drummond, MT | |
| Jan 30, 5:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 4 S White Pine, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 2.6 | 4 Nnw West Valley, MT | |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | May, ID | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Ssw Porters Corner, MT | |
| Jan 30, 6:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 Se La Salle, MT | |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wsw Missoula, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION BONNER |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Philipsburg, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Salmon, ID | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 6 | Olney, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Whitefish, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Bigfork, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:01 AM PST | SNOW 7 | 7 Nne Finley Point, MT | SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:09 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 Nw East Portal, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 5 MI ESE OF MULLAN |
| Jan 30, 7:21 AM PST | SNOW 11 | 2 Wsw Lakeside, MT | BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:21 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Seeley Lake, MT | |
| Jan 30, 7:23 AM PST | SNOW 8 | 4 E Porters Corner, MT | DISCOVERY SKI AREA SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 6 MI SE OF PHILIPSBURG |
| Jan 30, 7:25 AM PST | SNOW 9 | 5 Nnw Whitefish, MT | |
| Jan 30, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Essex, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:47 AM PST | SNOW 18 | 1 S Condon, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 1.5 MI S OF CONDON |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | Anaconda, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 3 Sw Ovando, MT | |
| Jan 30, 9:39 AM PST | SNOW 8 | 1 Ssw Lost Trail Pass, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 10 MI S OF SULA |
| Jan 30, 9:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 5 Ese Evaro, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 10:24 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Potomac, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 31, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Missoula, MT | 24 HOUR TOTAL. STORM TOTAL 7 INCHES SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548 WWUS45 KMSO 281113 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... MTZ004-282200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER LOOKOUT PASS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL INITIALLY SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING ROADS CONDITIONS VERY SLICK AND UN PREDICABLE. A TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-282200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING, ESPECIALLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-282200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 313 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER LOLO PASS LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET, INCLUDING DIXIE, WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET, A MIX OF RAIN, SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WHICH COULD CAUSE VERY SLICK AND UN PREDICABLE ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-282200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 313 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROADS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK, SNOW COVERED AND AT TIMES VERY UN PREDICABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-282200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T1200Z-140130T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK, SNOW COVERED AND AT TIMES UNPREDICTABLE * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER 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. && $$ MTZ002-282200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MARIAS PASS LATE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. AT TIMES NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. SHIFTING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ010-282200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 413 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER LOST TRAIL PASS LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI...CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$
17 follow-up statements
282 WWUS45 KMSO 281701 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... MTZ002-291200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER LOOKOUT PASS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL INITIALLY SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 901 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOLO PASS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-291200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-291200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140129T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-291200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140129T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 901 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER ELEVATION RIVER CORRIDORS OF CENTRAL IDAHO LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LESS THAN ONE INCH BELOW 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-291200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE DURING WEDNESDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER 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. && $$ IDZ005-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 901 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROADS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1001 AM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI...CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$
795 WWUS45 KMSO 282239 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... IDZ010-291200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0002.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER LOOKOUT PASS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL INITIALLY SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES... MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 239 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOLO PASS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 239 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROADS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140129T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 339 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-291200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T0600Z-140129T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 239 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER ELEVATION RIVER CORRIDORS OF CENTRAL IDAHO LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LESS THAN ONE INCH BELOW 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
249 WWUS45 KMSO 291107 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... MTZ004-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS LATE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL INITIALLY SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. ACCUMULATING SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES... MAINLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 307 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-291800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.140129T1200Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. IN ADDITION, GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS, CAUSING AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR THROUGH BUTTE. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS, HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 307 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 407 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH MIDDAY. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 307 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER ELEVATION RIVER CORRIDORS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LESS THAN ONE INCH BELOW 2000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD AND GREER GRADES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
895 WWUS45 KMSO 291534 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... MTZ004-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING... MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. ACCUMULATING SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES... MAINLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 734 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ009-292345- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-292345- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ005-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 734 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-003-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 734 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER ELEVATION RIVER CORRIDORS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LESS THAN ONE INCH BELOW 2000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD AND GREER GRADES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-292345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 834 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...REDUCING VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD 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. && $$
078 WWUS45 KMSO 291755 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... MTZ004-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING... MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. ACCUMULATING SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES... MAINLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 955 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-292100- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 955 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER ELEVATION RIVER CORRIDORS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN ONE INCH BELOW 3000 FEET. 2 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 955 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-003-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ005-043-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...REDUCING VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD 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. && $$ IDZ009-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1055 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
514 WWUS45 KMSO 292053 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... IDZ007-008-292200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1253 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ004-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING... MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS VERY SLICK. ACCUMULATING SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES... MAINLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1253 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1253 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ007-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...REDUCING VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: INITIALLY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH. WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 153 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES. 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. && $$
369 WWUS45 KMSO 300752 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ004-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL 12 TO 16 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90. 8 TO 10 INCHES OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH...BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL 12 TO 16 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1152 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-301200- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1152 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED, ESPECIALLY OVER AREA GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AND ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING GRANGEVILLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1152 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-003-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ005-043-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS...REDUCING VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD 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. && $$ IDZ009-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1252 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
313 WWUS45 KMSO 301022 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ007-301800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW HAS BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON, HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND. INTENSE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF MID DAY. IN ADDITION, GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS, THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE...HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID DAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND 200 CORRIDORS. * 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. && $$ MTZ004-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH... BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING, MAINLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 222 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 222 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. IN ADDITION, BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PRESENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM BAD ROCK CANYON TO KALISPELL AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY, CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY, MAINLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WIND: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-043-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BECOME MORE INTENSE EARLY THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SNOW INTENSITY WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY. IN ADDITION, GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * WIND: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH, MAINLY THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. * 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 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 222 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED... ESPECIALLY OVER AREA GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING GRANGEVILLE. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION BELOW 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 322 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. 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. && $$
793 WWUS45 KMSO 301312 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ005-043-301800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW AND ICY ROADS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO CAUSE AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM BEARMOUTH THROUGH MISSOULA, AND HIGHWAY 200 NEAR CLEARWATER JUNCTION. IN ADDITION, ROADS HAVE BEGUN TO FREEZE UP AS TEMPERATURES DROP, CAUSING EXTREMELY SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS, * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAYS 200 AND 83 EAST OF MISSOULA. * WIND: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... MAINLY THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-90 FROM BEARMOUTH TO MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH... BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$ MTZ007-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW HAS BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON... HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND. INTENSE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF MID DAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE...HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID DAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND 200 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAINLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 512 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-302115- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 512 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. IN ADDITION... BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PRESENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM BAD ROCK CANYON TO KALISPELL AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY... CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY... MAINLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WIND: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 512 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED... ESPECIALLY OVER AREA GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER WHITE BIRD GRADE AND GREER GRADE. 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING GRANGEVILLE. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION BELOW 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 612 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
693 WWUS45 KMSO 301746 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ005-043-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ001-003-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY AND DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ IDZ007-008-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 946 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR CAMAS PRAIRIE OF IDAHO AND ADJACENT CANYON LOCATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ IDZ009-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140130T1800Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR...SHOUP... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. $$ MTZ004-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHER PASSES...SUCH AS LEMHI... CHIEF JOSEPH... BANNOCK...AND GILMORE SUMMIT WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AND AT TIMES CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER OTHER AREA PASSES AND SUMMITS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$ MTZ007-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW HAS BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON... HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND. INTENSE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF MID DAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE...HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID DAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND 200 CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1046 AM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAINLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 946 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 946 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$
654 WWUS45 KMSO 302052 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... IDZ010-302200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MTZ004-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW HAS BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON... HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND. INTENSE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF MID DAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE...HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID DAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND 200 CORRIDORS. * 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. && $$ MTZ002-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 152 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAINLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1252 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-310500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1252 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
387 WWUS45 KMSO 302316 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ004-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE SNOW INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW HAS BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON... HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND. INTENSE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF MID DAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE I-90 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR OVER MACDONALD PASS... THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE...HOMESTAKE PASS AND IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID DAY. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO MACDONALD PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND 200 CORRIDORS. * 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. && $$ MTZ002-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE PRESENT OVER MARIAS PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR WHITE OUT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAINLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 316 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET... A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-311200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-311200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 416 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ IDZ005-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 316 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
613 WWUS45 KMSO 310117 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... MTZ002-310230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT ANY IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ MTZ004-310930- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM MACDONALD PASS TO GARRISON... HIGHWAY 200 FROM OVANDO TO HELMVILLE AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON TO DRUMMOND WILL CREATE RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 517 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET... INCLUDING DIXIE...WILL RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ043-310930- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 517 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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. && $$ MTZ003-310930- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-310930- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 617 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$
497 WWUS45 KMSO 310455 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES MOUNTAINS THROUGH T0NIGHT... IDZ006-MTZ006-311500- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 /855 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /7 AM PST/ FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST /7 AM PST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-311500- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD 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. && $$ MTZ004-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-311500- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 855 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 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. && $$ MTZ043-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ005-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 955 PM MST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK... SNOW COVERED AND UNPREDICTABLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
095 WWUS45 KMSO 311030 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 MTZ004-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OVER EVARO HILL ON HIGHWAY 93. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-311500- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 230 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-311500- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 /230 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ005-311500- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 230 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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. && $$ MTZ007-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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. && $$ MTZ005-311500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 330 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
043 WWUS45 KMSO 311451 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 MTZ003-311600- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. $$ MTZ004-311900- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ043-311900- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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. && $$ MTZ007-311900- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL AFFECT PRIMARILY SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTY AND TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH GARRISON JUNCTION AND DEER LODGE. BRIEF, BUT DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ALONG WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-311900- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140131T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE NORTHERN END OF MISSOULA AND LOLO. TRAVEL THROUGH THE S-CURVES ON US-93 AND ON ROADS ACROSS THE SOUTH END OF MISSOULA WILL BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES DUE TO RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. LIGHTER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. ELSEWHERE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE 1 INCH OR LESS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-312300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 751 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 /651 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-312300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 651 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP TODAY AND LAST INTO THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ IDZ007-008-312300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 651 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
666 WWUS45 KMSO 311855 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 MTZ004-312000- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MST TODAY. * LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL PERIODICALLY AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. ROADS WILL AT TIMES BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. HOWEVER THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVEL AND THUS THE WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ MTZ043-010600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-010600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN BEARMOUTH AND DRUMMOND. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNPREDICTABLE AND LARGELY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 1 INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD 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. && $$ MTZ005-010600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING THE GREATER MISSOULA AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. THIS EVENING MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS...LASTING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE LARGELY UNPREDICTABLE AND SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE 1 INCH OR LESS. TONIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MORE UNIFORM ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-010600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1155 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 /1055 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ005-010600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1055 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-010600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140201T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1055 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TOTAL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 28, 3:03 AM PST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:03 AM PST, 10 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
403 AM MST Tue Jan 28 2014
...Significant Winter Storm Starts Early Wednesday Morning!...
.DISCUSSION...Today will be the proverbial "calm before the storm"
as the region falls under a dying ridge of high pressure. Mostly
clear conditions and weak valley inversions will lead to
temperatures briefly rising to near normal. But the real
interesting weather starts late tonight.
A very strong upper level jet stream will draw ample Pacific
moisture across central Idaho and Montana starting early Wednesday
morning and lasting through Thursday. Models have been very
consistent in their depiction of this moisture and have actually
been showing increasing trends in their forecast amounts. Placement
of this moisture feed has been steadily over an area roughly from
Lookout Pass south towards Lost Trail Pass. So for area mountains
and passes within this area have upgraded the Winter Storm Watches
to Warnings with a high focus drawn upon travel along Interstate
90 up to Lookout Pass as well as US-12 and Lolo Pass. Heavy snow
is expected with rates of 1-2 inches per hour likely at times,
especially Wednesday morning.
While the mountains will get pummeled, forecasting for the valleys
has been quite challenging to decider. All the models are showing
a modest amount of warm air associated with this system. But given
the forecast locations of the upper level jet and associated
surface low we believe the northward advance of this air Wednesday
will be slower and more tempered than previously thought. This
will ultimately result in a more focused potential of freezing
rain, likely falling between an area in Idaho and Montana between
Interstate 90 and the central Bitterroot Valley Wednesday morning.
This could result in a very messy commute in the Missoula/Bitterroot
Valley, along Interstate 90 and areas near Orofino/Pierce in Idaho.
The potential for freezing rain will shift north throughout the day,
possibly affecting the southern Mission Valley and maybe as far
north as Libby. But will be even more localized during the
afternoon given respect to daytime heating. But for the most part
northwest Montana will see fairly continuous snowfall starting
early Wednesday morning lasting through Thursday morning and thus
have issued a Winter Weather Advisory.
As the Pacific storm exits to the south another arctic cold front
is expected to skirt across the region. This one still appears to
be strong enough to pull a good slug of modified arctic air into
northwest Montana early Thursday morning. As the front drags south
it will be met by the warm, moist air mass of the exiting Pacific
weather system and result in an area of focused snowfall. As of
right now this area of snow is expected to be over the
Flathead/Mission valleys and Glacier Park early Thursday morning
before moving south towards the Missoula and Seeley/Swan Valleys
by morning. How long this snow persists is still in question but a
healthy 2 to 5 inches of powdery snow is expected along this
boundary through at least Thursday afternoon.
Northwest flow will set up over western Montana and north central
Idaho Friday and last through early next week. A general decrease
in precipitation is expected, however light snow will likely
continue, especially across northwest Montana. This pattern will
keep the door open for cold air to slide south from Canada.
Currently, forecast models are showing the next surge of cold air
for Sunday into Monday. This could result in significantly
colder temperatures by early next week.
&&
.AVIATION...Overall, impacts to aviation are expected to be
minimal today. Some low to mid level clouds are evident on
satellite this morning and may cause some obscuration of the
higher terrain at times. There is also a small potential for some
patchy valley fog this morning, mainly across extreme northwest
Montana into north central Idaho. A weather system will approach
the region this evening, allowing cloud cover to thicken and
lower. Precipitation chances will increase by late tonight,
especially over north central Idaho and northwest Montana. This
will also lead to an increase in wind at mountain top level from
the west.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER STORM WARNING from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM MST
Thursday Lower Clark Fork Region.
WINTER STORM WATCH from this evening through Thursday evening
West Glacier Region.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 5 AM Wednesday to 5 AM MST Thursday
Kootenai/Cabinet Region.
WINTER STORM WARNING from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM MST
Thursday Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 10 PM this evening to 10 PM PST
Thursday Northern Clearwater Mountains.
WINTER STORM WARNING from 10 PM this evening to 10 PM PST
Thursday ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR THE Southern Clearwater
Mountains.
WINTER STORM WATCH from this evening through Thursday evening
Eastern Lemhi County.
&&
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:13 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho, Lemhi | 4 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.