Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Nov 2, 2015, 3:30 AM MST. It took effect at Nov 2, 2015, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2015, 3:30 AM MST (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2015, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2015, 3:22 AM MST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WWUS45 KTFX 021030 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 330 AM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...AUTUMN STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN TODAY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA TUESDAY. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE IDAHO BORDER AND SPREAD NORTH TONIGHT...REACHING CENTRAL MONTANA BY TUESDAY MORNING. COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO THE VALLEYS AND PLAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH WET SNOW LIKELY AT ALL ELEVATIONS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...IMPACTING TRAVEL OVER SOME MOUNTAIN PASSES WITH SOME LOWER ELEVATION ROADWAYS ALSO BECOMING SLICK AND SNOW COVERED TUESDAY NIGHT. MTZ012-050-051-054-022200- /O.NEW.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CASCADE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 330 AM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...STANFORD... LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND PLAINS WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING KINGS HILL...WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * HAZARD ELEVATION...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IMPACTS WILL PRIMARILY FOCUSED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET INCLUDING KINGS HILL PASS. * SNOW LEVEL...4000 FEET TONIGHT LOWERING TO THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. * CANL PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEGREE OF STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ITEMS OF INTEREST LINK ON THE LEFT THEN SELECT CANL. 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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-022200- /O.NEW.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE 330 AM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON... MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...REYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES... BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HAZARD ELEVATION...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PRIMARILY BE FOCUSED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES BIG SKY...WEST YELLOWSTONE...REYNOLDS AND TARGHEE AND MONIDA PASSES. * SNOW LEVEL...6000 FEET THIS EVENING LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS TUESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. * CANL PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEGREE OF STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ITEMS OF INTEREST LINK ON THE LEFT THEN SELECT CANL. 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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ014-052-053-022200- /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND 330 AM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS... ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * SNOW LEVEL...5000 FEET THIS EVENING LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS TUESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. * CANL PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEGREE OF STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ITEMS OF INTEREST LINK ON THE LEFT THEN SELECT CANL. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
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908 WWUS45 KTFX 022203 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 303 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 MTZ012-050-051-054-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CASCADE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 303 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING KINGS HILL...WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE 303 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ014-052-053-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND 303 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TONIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING TO ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * SNOW LEVEL...4500 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$
639 WWUS45 KTFX 022214 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 314 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 MTZ012-050-051-054-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CASCADE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 314 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING KINGS HILL...WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE 314 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ014-052-053-031200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND 314 PM MST MON NOV 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TONIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING TO ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS TUESDAY WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$
401 WWUS45 KTFX 031035 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 335 AM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 MTZ014-052-053-032300- /O.EXA.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND 335 AM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS... ROGERS PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE DAYTIME PERIOD WILL TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ012-050-051-054-032300- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ CASCADE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 335 AM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE DAYTIME PERIOD WILL TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING KINGS HILL...WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-032300- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE 335 AM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE DAYTIME PERIOD WILL TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS EVENING.. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WHERE ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ009>011-013-044>049-032300- /O.EXA.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.151103T1200Z-151104T1200Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON... SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD 335 AM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK... HAVRE...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD... CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAIN AND WET SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS TODAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$
146 WWUS45 KTFX 032009 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 109 PM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 MTZ008-012-014-015-050>055-041200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON- JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS... WEST YELLOWSTONE 109 PM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME ACCUMULATION AT ALL ELEVATIONS. * NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$ MTZ009>011-013-044>049-041200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON... SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD 109 PM MST TUE NOV 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION. * NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...1 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 511. && $$
188 WWUS45 KTFX 041022 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 322 AM MST WED NOV 4 2015 MTZ008-012-014-015-050>055-041130- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON- JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 322 AM MST WED NOV 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO THE REGION IS EXITING AND LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL DIMINISH AND END THIS MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SOME ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WITH PATCHY ICE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL...PARTICULARLY NEAR BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. USE CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING. $$ MTZ009>011-013-044>049-041130- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151104T1200Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- EASTERN TETON- 322 AM MST WED NOV 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO THE REGION IS EXITING AND LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL DIMINISH AND END THIS MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SOME ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WITH PATCHY ICE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL...PARTICULARLY NEAR BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. USE CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING. $$
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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 1, 10:28 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 10:28 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1028 PM MST SUN NOV 1 2015 UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION .UPDATE...WINDS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. STILL ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT BUT GENERALLY QUIET WEATHER SHOULD PREVAIL FOR MOST LOCATIONS. MADE ONLY MINOR POP CHANGES TO STAY IN COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO FURTHER UPDATES ARE ANTICIPATED. MPJ && .AVIATION... UPDATED 0528Z. FLOW ALOFT GRADUALLY SHIFTS FROM WEST TO SOUTHWEST AND DECREASES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INLAND. A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE KHLN AND KBZN TERMINALS TONIGHT AS BAND OF MOISTURE IN UPPER FLOW SHIFTS SOUTH EXITING BY 10Z. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY BEFORE BECOMING EASTERLY MONDAY EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTH. CLOUD-COVER WILL DECREASE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN FROM THE SOUTH LATE MONDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL MVFR AND MTN OBSCURATION DEVELOPING MONDAY EVENING FROM KBZN SOUTH AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS. HOENISCH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 445 PM MST SUN NOV 1 2015/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ZONAL FLOW PATTERN ALOFT KEEPING BREEZY TO GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. HIGH WIND WARNING ALONG THE ROCKY MTN FRONT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5PM TO ACCOUNT FOR STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THERE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE IN ALL AREAS THIS EVENING/TONIGHT AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS AND CORE OF JET STREAM SAGS SOUTHWARD. FORECAST STILL ON TRACK FOR DEEP UPPER-LEVEL TROF, CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA INTO THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN, TO SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS, WITH THE NORTHERN SECTION CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WHILE THE LARGER SOUTHERN PORTION TRACES A BROAD ARC THROUGH WA/OR AND INTO CA/NV BY LATE MON AFTN. LEADING EDGE OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE SCATTERED VALLEY RAIN/MTN SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE ROCKY MTN FRONT AND THE SOUTHWEST MTN RANGES WHILE REST OF REGION REMAINS DRY THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS ON MON. A SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN TROF SECTION WILL PUSH INTO MONTANA FROM ALBERTA MON NIGHT, BRINGING COLDER TEMPS JUST AS THE PRIMARY MOISTURE AND ENERGY OF THE SOUTHERN PIECE OF THE TROF LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. FORECAST MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WITH THE PRIMARY MOISTURE PLUME WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MON NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT FROM GALLATIN/MADISON COUNTIES NE THROUGH SOUTHERN FERGUS COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG AND W OF I-15 AND ALONG/NORTH OF LINE FROM GREAT FALLS TO HAVRE. ACCUMULATING SNOW (2-4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4-1 INCHES IN THE MTNS) IS LIKELY IN THE MADISON-TO-FERGUS SWATH BUT LESS SO THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO. SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL AND HILINE COUNTIES WILL DEPEND A LOT ON THE TRACK OF A SECOND SURGE OF MOISTURE THAT ARRIVES TUES AFTN/EVE, WITH A CHANCE THAT LOCATIONS FROM GREAT FALLS NORTHWARD MAY SEE LITTLE, IF ANY, ACCUMULATION. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM STILL LOOKS TO EXIT OUR REGION ON WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM WEST-TO-EAST DURING THE DAY. WARANAUSKAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE EXIT OF THE TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENT THAT MAINLY OCCURS ON TUESDAY. SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS MOST OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE AS A BRIEF DRYING TREND DEVELOPS WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS THAT COULD MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER AND POTENTIALLY WETTER CONDITIONS THAN SEASONAL AVERAGES. HAVE KEPT POPS UP DUE TO THIS POTENTIAL HOWEVER THIS BROAD BRUSH SOLUTION IS MORE DUE TO A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN A PERCEIVED CONFIDENCE IN A PARTICULAR MODEL. BY SATURDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM BACK TOWARD SEASONAL VALUES. THIS WARMING IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED AS THE NEXT ROUND OF MOISTURE AND COOLER TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BY MOST OPERATIONAL MODELS TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. SUK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 31 46 28 40 / 10 10 50 80 CTB 28 47 23 41 / 10 10 30 20 HLN 35 47 31 37 / 30 20 70 70 BZN 33 46 30 34 / 20 40 90 90 WEY 28 37 25 34 / 40 80 80 80 DLN 33 45 29 34 / 20 30 80 60 HVR 30 50 26 42 / 10 10 20 40 LWT 32 47 29 35 / 10 20 80 90 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 3:30 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 48 hr |
Nearby
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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.