Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 11, 2014, 2:27 PM MST for 8 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 39 hr. 21 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2014, 2:27 PM MST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2014, 2:27 PM MST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 6:23 AM MST | SNOW 9 | 5 Nw East Portal, MT | LOOKOUT SKI RESORT REPORTED 3 OF NEW SNOW IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 5 MI ESE OF MULLAN |
| Feb 12, 6:23 AM MST | SNOW 9 | 5 Ese Mullan, MT | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Feb 12, 7:47 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Saint Regis, MT | ROAD REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN WITH SNOW COVER FROM ST. REGIS TO TARKIO. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 2 HOURS |
| Feb 12, 7:49 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Thompson Falls, MT | ROAD REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN FROM TROUT CREEK TO PLAINS TO WEST OF DIXON ON MT-200. THOMPSON FALLS 911 DISPATCH REPORTED RAIN WHILE THE RAWS SENSOR REPORTED A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEG. F AT 7 AM MST. |
| Feb 12, 11:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ssw Lost Trail Pass, MT | SADDLE MOUNTAIN SNOTEL LOCATED 1 MILE WEST OF LOST TRAIL PASS AT 7900 FT. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 10 MI S OF SULA |
| Feb 13, 5:43 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ssw Lost Trail Pass, MT | LOST TRAIL SKI RESORT SNOW REPORT. ALSO ONLY RECEIVED 2 SINCE 5 AM ON FEB. 12TH. SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 10 MI S OF SULA |
| Feb 13, 6:37 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | La Salle, MT | THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS REPORTED RAIN FROM 3:56 TO 6:37 AM MST. GROUND AND SUB-SURFACE TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR BELOW FREEZING AND THERE WAS SUBSEQUENT GLAZING ON SURFACES. |
| Feb 13, 6:48 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Florence, MT | THE FLORENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAW A TWO-HOUR DELAY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 13, 6:48 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Frenchtown, MT | THE FRENCHTOWN SCHOOLS SAW A TWO-HOUR DELAY DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 13, 6:48 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hamilton, MT | THE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD A TWO-HOUR DELAY DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 13, 6:48 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Missoula, MT | THE MISSOULA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SAW A TWO-HOUR DELAY DUE TO ICY ROADS. |
| Feb 13, 6:48 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Victor, MT | BOTH VICTOR AND CORVALLIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAW A TWO-HOUR DELAY DUE TO ICY ROADS. |
| Feb 13, 7:19 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Nnw East Missoula, MT | SAID THE DRIVEWAY WAS VERY SLICK DUE TO A GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING RAIN DURATION NAN MINUTES |
| Feb 13, 7:29 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 Nw Missoula, MT | FREEZING RAIN STARTED AT 2 AM MST ACCORDING TO THE KMSO ASOS. GLAZE WAS VERY THIN. MELTED SNOW FROM YESTERDAY COMBINED WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND GROUND/SUB TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 31 AND 32 DEGREES HAS CREATED TREACHEROUS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. THERE IS BLA |
| Feb 13, 7:45 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Missoula, MT | A TWEET BY BROADCAST MEDIA CORRECTED AN EARLIER REPORT: MISSOULA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE A TWO-HOUR DELAY. |
| Feb 13, 7:47 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Clinton, MT | MTDOT ROAD REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN, WET AND ICE/BLACK ICE FROM THE JUNCTION OF MT-200 TO 15 MILES WEST OF DRUMMOND. |
| Feb 13, 7:47 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Condon, MT | MTDOT ROAD REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN, REDUCED VISIBILITY, WET, ICE/BLACK ICE ON MT-83 FROM CONDON TO JUNCTION WITH S-209. |
| Feb 13, 8:17 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Drummond, MT | MTDOT ROAD REPORT NOW REPORTS FREEZING RAIN FROM 15 MILES WEST OF DRUMMOND TO PHOSPHATE JUNCTION ON I-90. |
| Feb 13, 8:17 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Helmville, MT | MTDOT REPORTED FREEZING RAIN ON S-271 FROM DRUMMOND NORTH TO HELMVILLE. |
| Feb 13, 8:21 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hall, MT | MTDOT REPORTING FREEZING RAIN FROM HALL TO DRUMMOND ON MT-1. |
| Feb 13, 8:54 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Wsw Deer Lodge, MT | REPORTED A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON SURFACES. NOT RAINING NOW. MTDOT ALSO REPORTED FREEZING RAIN FROM DEER LODGE TO WARM SPRINGS ON I-90 AS OF 8:47 AM MST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648 WWUS45 KMSO 112127 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MTZ007-112230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140211T2200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-121200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0003.140212T0600Z-140214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.140212T0600Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 /127 PM PST TUE FEB 11 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET WITH PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-043-121200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0003.140212T0600Z-140214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.140212T0600Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. MARIAS PASSE COULD RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 IN THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-003-121200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.140212T0600Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-121200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.140212T1200Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 227 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM 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 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND REALLY INTENSIFY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE BELOW 4000 FEET AND A FOOT OR MORE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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. && $$
12 follow-up statements
273 WWUS45 KMSO 121011 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 311 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 311 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /211 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET WITH PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-043-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 311 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS COULD RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 IN THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...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. && $$ MTZ001-003-122000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 311 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.140212T1200Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 311 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND REALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE BELOW 4000 FEET AND A FOOT OR MORE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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. && $$
261 WWUS45 KMSO 121349 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 649 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 649 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /549 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET WITH PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$ MTZ002-043-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 649 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS COULD RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 IN THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$ MTZ001-003-122000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 649 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON && $$ IDZ009-010-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 649 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND REALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE BELOW 4000 FEET AND A FOOT OR MORE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON && $$
875 WWUS45 KMSO 121405 AAB WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /605 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET WITH PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-043-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS COULD RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 IN THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ005-121600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TRACE, COULD BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ001-003-122000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH 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 $$ IDZ009-010-122200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 705 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND REALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
046 WWUS45 KMSO 121542 AAC WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MTZ005-121645- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-122300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /742 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO...AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-043-122300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 IN THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR. 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ001-003-122000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION, CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ IDZ009-010-122300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 842 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
652 WWUS45 KMSO 121556 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MTZ005-121700- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ004-006-122330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /755 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO...AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS... HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-043-122330- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR. 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ001-003-122000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION, CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAINS COULD RECEIVE UP 7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH 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 $$ IDZ009-010-122330- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 855 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
289 WWUS45 KMSO 121902 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MTZ004-130600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WHILE THE AREA WILL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL THIS EVENING, ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VALLEYS WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST AND DECREASING LATER THIS EVENING. MORE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR 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 WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-122015- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MTZ001-003-122015- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140212T2000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /1102 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW, GUSTY SOUTHWEST/WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 7 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. PASSES INCLUDING LOOKOUT...LOLO...AND LOST TRAIL TO RECEIVE 10 TO 16 INCHES OF DENSE SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. MARIAS PASS WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING VISIBILITY TO DROP VERY LOW AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 7 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK REGION AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR. 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ IDZ009-010-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1202 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. MORE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
216 WWUS45 KMSO 122116 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 216 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MTZ002-130600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 216 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WHILE THE AREA WILL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW, REDUCING VISIBILITIES GREATLY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES AT MARIAS PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST AND DECREASING LATER THIS EVENING. SIMILARLY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY, WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 216 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /116 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TURNING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING, BUT MORE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ004-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 216 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WHILE THE AREA WILL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VALLEYS WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TURNING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING, BUT MORE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR 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 && $$ IDZ009-010-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 216 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASS ROADWAYS SUCH AS LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES, WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TURNING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING, BUT MORE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
082 WWUS45 KMSO 130430 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 930 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .A SERIES OF INTENSE AND WET WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IDZ005-006-MTZ006-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 930 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 /830 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 930 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WHILE THE AREA WILL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES GREATLY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES AT MARIAS PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ004-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 930 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WHILE THE AREA WILL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN IMPACTFUL SNOWFALL THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. VALLEYS WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ IDZ009-010-131200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 930 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASS ROADWAYS SUCH AS LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES... WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
177 WWUS45 KMSO 130932 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 IDZ005-006-MTZ006-132200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 /132 AM PST THU FEB 13 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER TODAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ005-043-131600- /O.NEW.KMSO.ZR.Y.0001.140213T0932Z-140213T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY, AS WELL AS EAST ALONG I-90 AND HIGHWAY 200 TO CLEARWATER JUNCTION. SEELEY LAKE COULD ALSO SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-132200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES GREATLY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES AT MARIAS PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ004-132200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ IDZ009-010-132200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 232 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASS ROADWAYS SUCH AS LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES... WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
233 WWUS45 KMSO 131526 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 IDZ005-006-MTZ006-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 /726 AM PST THU FEB 13 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER TODAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ007-140000- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WET ROADS WILL SUDDENLY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED WITH LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER MACDONALD PASS. 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING BUTTE. * WINDS: WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MACDONALD PASS. * VISIBILITY: ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ005-043-131630- /O.CON.KMSO.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY... AS WELL AS EAST ALONG I-90 AND HIGHWAY 200 TO CLEARWATER JUNCTION. SEELEY LAKE COULD ALSO SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES GREATLY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES AT MARIAS PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ004-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ IDZ009-010-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 826 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASS ROADWAYS SUCH AS LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES... WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
141 WWUS45 KMSO 131548 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 MTZ005-043-131700- /O.EXP.KMSO.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 /748 AM PST THU FEB 13 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IDAHO AND MONTANA BORDER TODAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-007-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA. WET ROADS WILL SUDDENLY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED WITH LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER MACDONALD PASS. 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING BUTTE. * WINDS: WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MACDONALD PASS. * VISIBILITY: ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ004-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. A MIX OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES AT LOOKOUT PASS. A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN VALLEYS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ IDZ009-010-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 848 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO CREATE LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASS ROADWAYS SUCH AS LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES... WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD MIX WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
300 WWUS45 KMSO 132127 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 227 PM MST THU FEB 13 2014 IDZ005-006-MTZ006-132230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 227 PM MST THU FEB 13 2014 /127 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ002-004-132230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-WEST GLACIER REGION- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 227 PM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MTZ007-140000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 227 PM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA. WET ROADS WILL SUDDENLY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED WITH LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER MACDONALD PASS. 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING BUTTE. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MACDONALD PASS. * VISIBILITY: ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 11, 3:52 AM MST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:52 AM MST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
352 AM MST Tue Feb 11 2014
.DISCUSSION...Strong westerly flow aloft is causing some
downsloping affects in the valleys which is hindering the
snowfall, but area roadways are still anticipated to be snow cover
for this morning commute across western Montana. Snowlevels have
steadily risen throughout the night causing the valleys of Idaho
to primarily experience rain. A thin layer has pushed even into
western Montana cause periods of freezing rain especially along
the I-90 and highway 200 corridors west of highway 93. The pulse
of moisture will continue to push across the Northern Rockies
during the morning hours. As this drier air moves into the region
at the mid and high levels, there appears to be a short period for
the potential of snowband development. Today's temperatures should
steadily warm compared to yesterday with many locations finally
reaching or surpassing normal readings.
Wednesday through Thursday...
A very strong westerly flow aloft will be pumping moisture laden
air into the Northern Rockies region through the period. Mountain
snow will be increasing in intensity. A strengthening southerly
flow in the lower atmosphere will not only warm temperatures in
the valleys, but also increase surface winds.
Our primary concerns from Wednesday through Thursday are as
follows:
1) Moderate to heavy mountain snowfall with high moisture content
and gusty winds. The amount of snow and wind will both make travel
difficult and increase the risk of avalanches.
2) Lower elevations will likely see snow change over to a mixed bag
of precipitation, including some freezing rain. The main focus for
freezing rain will be with the initial change from snow to rain,
sometime Wednesday morning, and again Wednesday night.
3) Surface winds will be increasing tonight and remain quite gusty
through Thursday. Strongest winds are expected in the Camas Prairie
area and south of Grangeville along Highway 95 after midnight
tonight through early Wednesday afternoon. There is a potential for
strong winds to surface in the Bitterroot valley and the I-90
corridor between Drummond and Butte Wednesday morning and again
Thursday morning.
4) The combination of warm temperatures, rain on snow, and
increased winds could result in a rapid melt of snow in the
valleys and ponding of water on streets and in fields.
5) Livestock may be vulnerable during the initial transition from
snow to rain with increasing winds and still relatively cool
temperatures Wednesday.
The models continue to indicate another warm front pushing into
the Northern Rockies on Friday. This front will cause another
round of widespread precipitation. The snow levels will be fairly
high during this event causing primarily rain the valleys and
heavy wet snow in the higher terrain. The amount of rain and snow
melt might cause minor flooding across the region. A second surge
of warm moist air will push into the area on Saturday causing more
rain and mountain snow. Temperatures on Saturday could reach the
mid 40s to low 50s in valley locations. The active moist weather
pattern appears to linger into next week.
&&
.AVIATION...Light to moderate snow is continuing to move through the
Northern Rockies this morning. All terminals are anticipated to
be affected by the snow with low ceilings and visibilities during
the morning hours. A drier airmass will move into the region this
afternoon causing the precipitation to decrease dramatically.
Another stronger front is anticipated to move into the region late
tonight into Wednesday morning.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning
Butte/Blackfoot Region.
WINTER STORM WATCH from this evening through Thursday afternoon
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains...Lower Clark Fork Region...
Potomac/Seeley Lake Region...West Glacier Region.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains...Lower Clark Fork Region.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning
Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning
Flathead/Mission Valleys...Kootenai/Cabinet Region.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning
Potomac/Seeley Lake Region...West Glacier Region.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 11 AM MST this morning Eastern
Lemhi County...Western Lemhi County.
WINTER STORM WATCH from this evening through Thursday afternoon
Northern Clearwater Mountains...Southern Clearwater
Mountains.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 10 AM PST this morning Northern
Clearwater Mountains...Southern Clearwater Mountains.
WIND ADVISORY from 1 AM to Noon PST Wednesday for the Camas
Prairie...Grangeville and Highway 95 IN THE Lower Hells
Canyon/Salmon River Region...Orofino/Grangeville Region.
&&
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:11 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Missoula, Ravalli | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:27 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:28 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:03 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:28 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 23 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.