Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2015, 12:54 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 60 hr. 60 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 4, 2015, 12:54 PM MST (19:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2015, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2015, 4:59 AM MST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 4, 11:30 PM MST | SNOW 13 | 2 N Orofino, ID | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 11:30 PM ON THE 4TH. |
| Jan 5, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 15 | 16 Nnw Marion, MT | MESONET STATION HAND CREEK /HANM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 5:08 AM MST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 Ene East Missoula, MT | COCORAHS STATION MISSOULA 5.0 E /MT-MS-19/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 6:10 AM MST | SNOW 13.4 | 3 Ene Bigfork, MT | COCORAHS STATION BIGFORK 3.2 ENE /MT-FH-16/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 6:49 AM MST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 Nnw Evaro, MT | COCORAHS STATION EVARO .74 NNW /MT-MS-9/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 6:51 AM MST | SNOW 9.5 | 1 Nnw Troy, MT | COCORAHS STATION TROY 1.0 NNW /MT-LN-2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 7:07 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 2 Wnw Belknap, MT | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jan 5, 7:12 AM MST | SNOW 9.5 | 3 S White Pine, MT | COCORAHS STATION THOMPSON FALLS 9.3 NW /MT-SN-4/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 7:16 AM MST | SNOW 12 | 5 N Creston, MT | COCORAHS STATION COLUMBIA FALLS 7.7 S /MT-FH-17/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 7:26 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 21 | 5 Nw East Portal, MT | 21 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH 16 INCHES OF THAT OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 5 MI ESE OF MULLAN. |
| Jan 5, 7:27 AM MST | SNOW 10 | 3 N Bigfork, MT | COCORAHS STATION BIGFORK 3.0 N /MT-FH-26/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 6 Nw Missoula, MT | FREEZING RAIN DURATION 5 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 6 MI. NW MISSOULA. |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 11 E Libby, MT | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION LIBBY DAM (BASE) /LIBM8/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 8.3 | Pierce, ID | MESONET STATION PIERCE /PIRI1/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 4 Sse Creston, MT | 12 HOUR TOTAL & STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Essex, MT | 6 INCHES ON THE 4TH AND ANOTHER 6 INCHES OVERNIGHT. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION ESSEX. |
| Jan 5, 8:10 AM MST | SNOW 8.5 | 4 Ese Pablo, MT | COCORAHS STATION RONAN 4.1 NE /MT-LK-10/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 8:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Seeley Lake, MT | ONE FOOT OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND SNOWING HEAVY AT TIME OF REPORT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 8:27 AM MST | SNOW 10.3 | 5 Wnw Kalispell, MT | HEAVY SNOW AT CURRENT TIME. |
| Jan 5, 8:29 AM MST | SNOW 8 | 7 Nne Finley Point, MT | STILL SNOWING. |
| Jan 5, 8:54 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 4 Sw Fort Connah, MT | COCORAHS STATION CHARLO 4.9 S /MT-LK-5/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 S Condon, MT | SNOW CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING AND THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE BEGINNING 6PM ON THE 4TH. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 1.5 MI S OF CONDON. |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Marion, MT | |
| Jan 5, 9:12 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | Ronan, MT | COCORAHS STATION RONAN 0.2 WSW /MT-LK-13/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 9:22 AM MST | SNOW 11.5 | 3 Sw Ovando, MT | COCORAHS STATION OVANDO 2.9 SW /MT-PW-3/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 9:29 AM MST | SNOW 9 | 1 Wsw Rollins, MT | COCORAHS STATION ROLLINS 0.5 WSW /MT-LK-11/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 9:43 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 1 E Woodland, ID | COCORAHS STATION KAMIAH 6.0 NNW /ID-ID-5/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 10 | Big Arm, MT | 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 25.8 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | 13 INCHES IN LAST 8 HOURS AND 25.8 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.2 | 5 Wnw Kalispell, MT | 13.2 INCHES STORM TOTAL, 7.9 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Jan 5, 11:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 8 Ese Rollins, MT | YELLOW BAY SPOTTER REPORTS 12 INCHES FROM 6PM YESTERDAY TO 10AM THIS MORNING, ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES FROM 10 TO 11AM. |
| Jan 5, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19.5 | 3 Nnw Seeley Lake, MT | 13.6 INCHES FELL FROM 2 PM 1/4/15 TO 2 PM 1/5/15 WITH 19.5 INCHES INITIAL STORM TOTAL. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION 3 MI N OF SEELEY LAKE. |
| Jan 5, 3:29 PM MST | SNOW 10.6 | 6 Ne Heron, MT | COCORAHS STATION NOXON 9.1 NNW /MT-SN-3/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Troy, MT | 12 INCHES OVERNIGHT ANOTHER 2 INCHES DURING THE DAY. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 17.5 | West Glacier, MT | 14.75 INCHES FROM 4PM 1/4/15 TO 4PM 1/5/14. 2.75 INCHES FROM PREVIOUS DAY. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 5:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Lakeside, MT | 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 5:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 4 Ssw Libby, MT | 24HR TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 5, 5:27 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Columbia Falls, MT | 24HR TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 5, 5:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 34.5 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | 30 HOUR SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 5, 5:31 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 21.5 | Bigfork, MT | 20 HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 5, 5:48 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 28 | 12 Ese Mackay Bar, ID | 21HR TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 5, 5:49 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 2 N Elk City, ID | 18HR TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 5, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 2 Nw Heron, MT | 13.3 INCHES FROM 6PM 1/4/15 TO 6PM 1/5/15 AND 17 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 5, 6:08 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19.8 | Olney, MT | 24HR STORM TOTAL |
| Jan 5, 6:22 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 4 Ssw Missoula, MT | 24HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 5, 6:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 23 | Woods Bay, MT | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATIONS ENDING 6:30 PM 14 INCHES. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 36 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 5 W Fishtrap, MT | MESONET STATION CALVERT CREEK /CLVM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 5, 11:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19.2 | 1 N Evergreen, MT | STORM TOTAL FOR GLACIER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 21 W Porters Corner, MT | MESONET STATION SKALKAHO SUMMIT /SKAM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 6 Sw Skalkaho Pass, MT | MESONET STATION DALY CREEK /DALM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 11 | 10 S Dixon, MT | MESONET STATION SLEEPING WOMAN /SQPM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 17 | 18 S Libby, MT | MESONET STATION POORMAN CREEK /PMNM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 22 | 9 Ne Bigfork, MT | MESONET STATION NOISY BASIN /NOIM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 14 | 3 E Cardiff, ID | MESONET STATION SHANGHI SUMMIT /SHAI1/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 12 | 7 Ese Philipsburg, MT | MESONET STATION WARM SPRINGS /WRMM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 14 Wsw Quartz, MT | MESONET STATION HOODOO BASIN /HOOM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 14 | 8 Ese Evaro, MT | MESONET STATION STUART MOUNTAIN /STTM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 15 | 11 Nnw Yaak, MT | MESONET STATION GARVER CREEK /GVRM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 16 | 25 Ene Pierce, ID | MESONET STATION CRATER MEADOWS /CRAI1/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 17 | 9 Ene Eureka, MT | MESONET STATION STAHL PEAK /STAM8/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WWUS45 KMSO 041954 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MTZ007-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IN VICINITY OF OVANDO...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MACDONALD PASS TO OVANDO FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS...OVANDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-004-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-043-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ003-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 AND A HALF FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.150105T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. SNOW WILL MIX OR CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR SLICK TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...ORIFINO...GREER GRADE...WHITEBIRD 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. && $$ IDZ009-010-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.150105T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL VEHICLES. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL INTO MONDAY WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLICK CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...GILMORE SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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403 WWUS45 KMSO 050351 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION OF MODERATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MTZ007-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MACDONALD AND HOMESTAKE PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IN VICINITY OF OVANDO... 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MACDONALD PASS TO OVANDO FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD 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. && $$ MTZ001-004-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-043-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ003-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL BY MONDAY MORNING 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET OR POSSIBLY MORE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL AND GREER GRADE. SNOW WILL MIX OR CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR SLICK TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FEET POSSIBLE. * 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. && $$ IDZ009-010-051200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 851 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL VEHICLES. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL INTO MONDAY WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLICK CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
415 WWUS45 KMSO 051202 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION OF MODERATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... IDZ007-008-051315- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ007-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MACDONALD AND HOMESTAKE PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IN VICINITY OF OVANDO... 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MACDONALD PASS TO OVANDO FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-004-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...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. && $$ MTZ002-043-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL EXIST THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL BY LATE THIS MORNING 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY 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 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. && $$ IDZ009-010-052015- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 502 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL EXIST NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TODAY WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
194 WWUS45 KMSO 051750 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 MTZ005-061800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING KEEPING ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS VERY ICY. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END OVERNIGHT...VERY ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ MTZ007-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE SOME ICY ROADWAYS. MEANWHILE TRAVEL OVER MACDONALD PASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING DUE TO STEADY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY ALONG HIGHWAY 12 AND OVER MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-004-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: A MIX OF RAIN, FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...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. && $$ MTZ002-043-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ009-010-060000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1050 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...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: HEAVY SNOW WILL EXIST NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TODAY WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * 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. && $$
165 WWUS45 KMSO 052335 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 IDZ009-010-060045- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ MTZ007-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE ICY ROADWAYS. MEANWHILE TRAVEL OVER MACDONALD PASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING DUE TO STEADY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY ALONG HIGHWAY 12 AND OVER MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS && $$ MTZ001-004-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: A MIX OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN && $$ MTZ002-043-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * 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 && $$ MTZ003-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON && $$ MTZ005-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING KEEPING ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS VERY ICY. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END OVERNIGHT...VERY ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-061200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 435 PM MST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$
586 WWUS45 KMSO 061148 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WARM TEMPERATURES AND FROZEN GROUND COVERED WITH SLUSH WILL MAKE FOR DECEPTIVELY ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH MIDDAY... MTZ007-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE ICY ROADWAYS. MEANWHILE TRAVEL OVER MACDONALD PASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY ROADWAYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ001-004-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ MTZ002-043-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. * 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 $$ MTZ003-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ005-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: VERY ICY ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 448 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$
568 WWUS45 KMSO 061500 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 800 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WARM TEMPERATURES AND FROZEN GROUND COVERED WITH SLUSH WILL MAKE FOR DECEPTIVELY ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH MIDDAY... IDZ005-006-MTZ004>007-061600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 800 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT HAVE REMAINED WARM AND ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS. THIS HAS PROMOTED PERSISTENT MELTING OF SNOW AND ICE...LEAVING PRIMARILY WET CONDITIONS ON MAIN ROADWAYS. WHILE SOME PATCHES OF BLACK ICE REMAIN POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENTLY SHADED AREAS AND MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS REMAIN QUITE WET AND SLUSHY...WIDESPREAD WARNING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING AND THUS THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ MTZ001-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 800 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS SHOULD SHOW IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS MORNING WHEN THE PRECIPITATION ENDS AND INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION HELPS TO WARM PAVED SURFACES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ002-043-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 800 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR CROSSES THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PRODUCES GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG US-2. TRAVEL OVER MARIAS PASS WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 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 $$ MTZ003-061800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 800 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA. MAIN ROAD AND HIGHWAY TRAVEL SHOULD STEADILY IMPROVE AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING AND TEMPERATURES STEADILY WARMING. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO LOCAL TRAVEL ON BACK ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS MAY PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS DUE TO THE INTENSE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$
754 WWUS45 KMSO 061801 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...A SECOND PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND IMPACT PARTS OF THE WEST GLACIER REGION...FLATHEAD VALLEY AND MISSOULA VALLEY TONIGHT... MTZ043-061915- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECIPITATION HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO HELP IMPROVE TRAVEL. $$ MTZ003-070500- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.150107T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND ICY ROADS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATER TODAY AND INTO THE FLATHEAD VALLEY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT (TRACE TO 2 INCHES) GUSTY EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * MEANWHILE STEADILY COOLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL TURN ANY SLUSHY AREAS BACK INTO ICE PRODUCING SLICK ROADS, DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT. SLOW TRAVEL SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED YET AGAIN FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-061915- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AND RESULT IN MELTING OF ANY RESIDUAL ICE ON AREA ROADS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ002-070500- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND GROW EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT OVERNIGHT AS ANOTHER PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR CROSSES THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PRODUCES GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG US-2. TRAVEL OVER MARIAS PASS WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND POSSIBLY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY BECOME PROBLEMATIC NEAR BIGFORK...COLUMBIA FALLS AND ESPECIALLY BAD ROCK CANYON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ MTZ005-070500- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.150107T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1101 AM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICY ROADS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ARCTIC AIR WILL ARIVE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY LATER TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING TURNING AREAS OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH INTO ICE OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH MOST MAIN ROADS WILL BECOME DRY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREA PARKING LOTS. PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR A POTENTIALLY SLOW COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$
941 WWUS45 KMSO 070351 AAA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 851 PM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...A SECOND PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND IMPACT PARTS OF THE WEST GLACIER REGION... FLATHEAD VALLEY AND MISSOULA VALLEY INTO WEDNESDAY... MTZ002-071200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 851 PM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ARCTIC AIR WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG US-2. TRAVEL OVER MARIAS PASS WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY BECOME PROBLEMATIC NEAR BIGFORK...COLUMBIA FALLS AND ESPECIALLY BAD ROCK CANYON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ MTZ005-071200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 851 PM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ARCTIC AIR WILL ARRIVE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, TURNING AREAS OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH INTO ICE. ALTHOUGH MOST MAIN ROADS WILL BE DRY...THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREA PARKING LOTS WHERE SNOW AND SLUSH REMAINS. PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR A POTENTIALLY SLOW COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA && $$ MTZ003-071200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 851 PM MST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT (TRACE TO 2 INCHES), GUSTY EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * MEANWHILE, STEADILY COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL TURN ANY SLUSHY AREAS INTO ICE, PRODUCING SLICK ROADS, DRIVEWAYS, AND SIDEWALKS. SLOW TRAVEL SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED YET AGAIN FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON && $$
622 WWUS45 KMSO 071159 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 459 AM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...A SECOND PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND IMPACT PARTS OF THE WEST GLACIER REGION... FLATHEAD VALLEY AND MISSOULA VALLEY INTO WEDNESDAY... MTZ002-071300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 459 AM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MTZ005-071600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 459 AM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY ARCTIC WINDS FROM THE EAST WILL BE PRESENT IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING...TURNING AREAS OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH INTO ICE. ALTHOUGH MOST MAIN ROADS WILL BE DRY... THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREA PARKING LOTS WHERE SNOW AND SLUSH REMAINS. PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR A POTENTIALLY SLOW COMMUTE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-071600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150107T1600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 459 AM MST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SLICK ROADS...DRIVEWAYS... AND SIDEWALKS. SLOW TRAVEL SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED YET AGAIN FOR THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 12:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho, Lemhi | 28 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.