Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2016, 3:51 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 23, 2016, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 43 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Dec 23, 2016, 3:51 AM MST (10:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2016, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2016, 9:06 AM MST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
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303 WWUS45 KTFX 231051 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 351 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO BEGIN IMPACTS AT PASS LEVEL THIS EVENING...SPREADING ACROSS THE STATE ON SATURDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE FIRST ROUND WILL COME LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. IMPACTS FROM SNOW IN THE FIRST ROUND WILL MAINLY BE FELT AT THE PASS LEVELS...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS DISTURBANCE THEN SPREADS SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE DURING THIS TIME. MTZ009-232300- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0005.161223T2200Z-161225T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WS.W.0012.161223T2100Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 351 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...AN INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW MAY THEN BE FOUND SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A MORE POTENT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 26 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-232300- /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161223T2100Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 351 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY. * 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. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN MONTANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT. IMPACTS WILL INITIALLY BE MAINLY AT PASS LEVEL AND HIGHER THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE AT ALL LEVELS SATURDAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW THEN TAPERS OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MORE SNOW EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...7 TO 29 ABOVE. * IMPACTS...SNOW MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SLICK ROADS AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY AT PASS LEVEL. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WILL SEE WIDESPREAD SNOW CAUSING MORE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND COULD ALSO INCREASE AVALANCHE DANGER FOR THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS. 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. && $$ MTZ052>054-232300- /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 351 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW MAY BE FOUND SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW THEN DIMINISHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES THEN EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS DAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...5 TO 28 ABOVE. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CREATE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES MAINLY TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PLAN ON THE RETURN OF WINTER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MTZ010>014-044>051-232300- /O.EXT.KTFX.WS.A.0005.161224T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...HAVRE... GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON... FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS... SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD... STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 351 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...CHESTER...STANFORD... LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...SHELBY...CHINOOK...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CONRAD...HAVRE...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS... ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...AN INITIAL ROUND OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER...AT TIME POINT IMPACTS LOOK TO ONLY AFFECT MOUNTAIN PASS LEVELS. A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...IS THEN POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH SOME AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED. THIS SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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592 WWUS45 KTFX 232144 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO BEGIN IMPACTS AT PASS LEVEL THIS EVENING... SPREADING ACROSS THE STATE ON SATURDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE FIRST ROUND WILL COME LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. IMPACTS FROM SNOW IN THE FIRST ROUND WILL MAINLY BE FELT AT THE PASS LEVELS...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS DISTURBANCE THEN SPREADS SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE DURING THIS TIME. MTZ009-241200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...AN INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE A MORE POTENT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-241200- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0005.161224T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T0100Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS... SHELBY... CONRAD...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-241200- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0005.161224T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T1900Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CHESTER... CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ052>054-241200- /O.EXT.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T0100Z-161225T1900Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW MAY BE FOUND SATURDAY MORNING... WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW THEN DIMINISHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-241200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 244 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$
660 WWUS45 KTFX 240353 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 853 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 MTZ009-241300- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 853 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE A MORE POTENT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-241300- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 853 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-241300- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 853 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-241300- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T1900Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 853 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$
911 WWUS45 KTFX 240954 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 254 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SNOW TO RETURN FROM WEST TO CENTRAL THIS MORNING...SPREADING EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LINGERING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO TIMES. SNOW MAY BE SLOW TO START EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER..BY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MONTANA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SNOW. SNOW THEN SPREADS EASTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD SNOW THEN LINGERS ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. MTZ009-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 254 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...A BRIEF LULL IN SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A MORE POTENT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG MARIAS PASS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WILL ALSO HELP REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 254 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOUND THIS MORNING...MAINLY ONLY IMPACTING THE PASS LEVEL. LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN MONTANA...AND CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW THEN TAPERS OFF AND DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AT PASS LEVEL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO HELP REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 254 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...A LULL IN SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH AREAS OF PATCHY FOG...WILL BE FOUND DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS TODAY. LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...AND LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T1900Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 254 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS...WITH A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY FOG...WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$
716 WWUS45 KTFX 241715 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1015 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SNOW TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...LINGERING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW MAY BE SLOW TO START EAST OF INTERSTATE 15...BUT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP AREAWIDE BY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW THEN LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. MTZ009-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 1015 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL COME DOWN MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 1015 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE ON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST. MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AT PASS LEVEL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 1015 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY COME DOWN MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-250000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.161224T1900Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 1015 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MARTIN
016 WWUS45 KTFX 242155 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 255 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... MTZ009-251200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 255 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-251200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 255 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY COME DOWN MODERATE AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIME. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-251200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 255 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES. ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-251200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 255 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MARTIN
331 WWUS45 KTFX 250458 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 958 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... MTZ009-251400- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 958 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-251400- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 958 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * 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. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIME. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-251400- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 958 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-251400- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 958 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$
070 WWUS45 KTFX 251007 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 307 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE WIDESPREAD SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW THEN BEGINS TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...GENERALLY FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. SOME BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES WILL ALSO BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES TODAY. MTZ009-251900- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS 307 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES MAY ALSO BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. WINDS COULD THEN PICK UP AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. BREEZY WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL TO REMAIN DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ008-015-055-251900- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ 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 307 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * 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. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES COULD ALSO BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAY. WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY...PERHAPS BRINGING MORE BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIME. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. THOSE WITH BACK COUNTRY PLANS SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR TO BELOW ZERO AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-052>054-251900- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU... FAIRFIELD...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 307 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITEHALL...SHELBY...CONRAD...CUT BANK...TOWNSEND...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN... MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW THEN TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING COMPLETELY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY...PERHAPS BRINGING MORE BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-252200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 307 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE... CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW THEN TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MONTANA. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TODAY...AND PERHAPS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$
260 WWUS45 KTFX 251606 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 MTZ009-251715- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE NOT EXPECTED AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ010-012-014-044-046-048-049-251715- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ008-015-055-251900- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES COULD ALSO BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAT. WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY...PERHAPS BRINGING MORE BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND MAY CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR OR BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ052>054-251900- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161225T1900Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW THEN TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY...PERHAPS BRINGING MORE BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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. && $$ MTZ011-013-045-047-050-051-260000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...BIG SANDY... FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 906 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...CHESTER...CHINOOK...HAVRE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY WINDS AT TIMES MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TODAY...AND PERHAPS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF BREEZY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON THROUGH MONDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND CHILL: COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
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 Dec 22, 9:00 PM MST, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 9:00 PM MST, 6 hours 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Great Falls MT 900 PM MST Thu Dec 22 2016 .UPDATE... Dry airmass remains in place across the forecast area tonight under a westerly flow aloft. Main update this evening was to lower min temps in some of the far SW MT valleys, particularly near W-Yellowstone and and the Centennial Valley where temps have rapidly dropped as low as 20 below zero already in W-Yellowstone. Satellite imagery does indicate some higher level clouds moving into these areas by around midnight, which should limit additional cooling later in the overnight period. Have also adjusted Sky grids some to indicate the more clear conditions in that area through the rest of this evening. Remainder of the forecast for tonight is in good shape with breezy winds and cloud-cover maintaining relatively mild conditions across the plains of N-Central MT. Hoenisch && .AVIATION... /Updated 0000Z/ VFR conditions prevail tonight through late Friday afternoon. Clouds gradually increase coverage across the area. MVFR/IFR conditions could develop around 20UTC Friday at or near KEKS/KBZN with low CIGS and widespread mountain obscuration. Flight category also deteriorates Friday afternoon near KCTB with lowering CIG and possible snow. Confidence is low for snowfall at area terminals before 00Z Saturday, but is expected to develop and expand overnight. Looking beyond this TAF period, IFR/LIFR conditions will impact most or all area terminals at times on Saturday. PN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 500 PM MST Thu Dec 22 2016/ Tonight through Sunday/Christmas Day...Forecast for the short term period through the holiday weekend has not changed significantly. Several models have backed off on QPF/Snowfall amounts for the weekend storm but overall totals and ranges were fairly similar to what we have been seeing for much of this week. Breezy, mostly cloudy conditions continue overnight and into Friday morning with only a slight chance of snow developing in the mountains near Glacier Park late tonight. By Friday, surface winds will shift to the north and northeast as a surface cold front pushes southward from Canada and the chance for snow increases from west to east across the forecast area. Areas of light snow, freezing fog and some pockets of blowing snow develop across the entire forecast area Friday night with generally light accumulations expected overnight. Main portion of the weekend storm will move into the region Saturday and Saturday night with widespread light to moderate snow (and areas of heavy snow) anticipated for the entire forecast area. Precipitation tapers off from west to east on Christmas day with cold temperatures settling in across the state. Heaviest snow accumulation totals are expected to be in the mountains near Glacier Park and eastward across the Hi-Line with another bullseye of heavy snow in the mountains of far southern Madison and Gallatin Counties. For now have opted to hold off on issuing any warnings or advisories and will leave the watch in place for one more day. mpj Sunday Night through Thursday...The long term period will start with snow winding down from west to east as the Christmas weekend system pulls away from the area. The models still differ some on how quick the system will move away, so I kept lower end pops in through Sunday night, especially east of I-15. As the system moves away, there may be a brief period where the wind is high enough to create some blowing snow, especially east of a Havre to Lewistown line, but it doesn't look widespread at this point given the wind should be decreasing as the snow moves out. Looking ahead to next week, the local area looks to stay in a NW flow aloft as we remain in between a trough over the eastern US and a ridge over the eastern Pacific. Shortwaves dropping SE through the area will bring moisture/clouds, but for now it looks like precip will mainly be confined from the western mountains south through SW Montana. Across central Montana, downsloping winds should limit precip development for the most part. Of note, this pattern favors stronger winds at times across central Montana. Right now, it looks like the strongest winds will be late Monday night through Tuesday evening and possibly again late Thursday into Friday of next week. Temp-wise, we will get a surge of colder air on the backside of the weekend system. However, it looks like the coldest temperatures will not last as long as the pattern should allow a quicker moderation, especially across central Montana where downsloping effects will help temperatures moderate quicker. The fresh snowcover that gets put down this weekend may offset the moderation somewhat, but temperatures should still get back close to normal by Tuesday/Wednesday. Martin && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 23 29 18 22 / 0 30 50 90 CTB 20 26 13 18 / 0 40 60 100 HLN 4 27 15 22 / 0 30 40 80 BZN 0 29 19 30 / 0 20 40 60 WEY -25 23 19 30 / 0 50 80 80 DLN 4 28 17 30 / 0 30 50 70 HVR 21 29 16 22 / 0 20 50 90 LWT 17 31 15 22 / 0 10 30 70 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Watch from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning Blaine...Cascade...Central and Southern Lewis and Clark... Chouteau...Eastern Glacier...Eastern Pondera...Eastern Teton... Fergus...Hill...Judith Basin...Liberty...Northern Rocky Mountain Front...Southern Rocky Mountain Front...Toole. && weather.gov/greatfalls
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 61 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.