Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2017, 9:30 PM MST. It was in force for 72 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2017, 9:30 PM MST (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2017, 9:10 PM MST
- In force
- 72 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
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063 WWUS45 KTFX 040430 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 930 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 MTZ009-041200- /O.UPG.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WS.W.0002.170204T0430Z-170204T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170204T2200Z-170207T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 930 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. 11 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. DIFFICULT DRIVING IS LIKELY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ048-041200- /O.NEW.KTFX.WS.W.0002.170204T0430Z-170204T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170204T2200Z-170207T0000Z/ SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 930 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. 11 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. DIFFICULT DRIVING IS LIKELY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-041200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 930 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BE REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ010-041200- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170204T2200Z-170207T0000Z/ EASTERN GLACIER- 930 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY SATURDAY. SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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692 WWUS45 KTFX 041040 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 340 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA AS WELL AS THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SIGNIFICANT AND HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT LIKELY ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT... MTZ009-048-050000- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170204T2200Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 340 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT MAY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING OVER MARIAS PASS...WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE PLAINS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ015-055-042200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 340 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW MAY IMPACT THE AREA LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BE REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ011>014-044>047-049-050-050000- /O.EXB.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 340 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, ROGERS PASS, SHELBY, CHESTER, CONRAD, CHINOOK, AND STANFORD. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL...A SECOND AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILINE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MARTIN MTZ010-050000- /O.EXT.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER- 340 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL...A SECOND AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECOND ROUND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MARTIN
309 WWUS45 KTFX 041612 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 912 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ009-048-050415- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 912 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT MAY BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1-3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. FOR THE PLAINS, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 10-20 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-042200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 912 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW MAY IMPACT THE AREA LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BE REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ010>014-044>047-049-050-050415- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 912 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...STANFORD, CHINOOK, CONRAD, SHELBY, CHESTER, CUT BANK, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA TODAY. AFTER A BRIEF LULL, A SECOND AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS TODAY. FOR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING, 3-6 INCHES OF FRESH SNOW ARE POSSIBLE, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6-12 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE HI-LINE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
780 WWUS45 KTFX 042206 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ055-050600- /O.EXP.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T2100Z-170207T0700Z/ GALLATIN- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS, BOZEMAN, BOZEMAN PASS, TARGHEE PASS, AND WEST YELLOWSTONE. * TIMING...A WEATHER FRONT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW SOMETIME BETWEEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS, THE SNOW MAY BEGIN BRIEFLY AS A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR ALL RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * SNOW LEVEL...5000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. && $$ MTZ015-042315- /O.EXP.KTFX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-170204T2200Z/ MADISON- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE RAYNOLDS PASS AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER, IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MINIMAL. $$ MTZ009-048-050600- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY MONDAY NIGHT BUT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ051>053-050600- /O.EXB.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T1800Z-170207T0700Z/ FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE PASS, WHITEHALL, AND TOWNSEND. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER AND POTENTIALLY IMPACT TRAVEL AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...6 TO 32 ABOVE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * 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 ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ054-050600- /O.EXA.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ MEAGHER- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY. AFTER A BRIEF LULL, A SECOND AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ010>014-044>047-049-050-050600- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 306 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER, STANFORD, CONRAD, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, HAVRE, CUT BANK, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, SHELBY, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING ALONG A WEATHER FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 5 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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WWUS45 KTFX 050025
WSWTFX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
525 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
MTZ009-048-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
525 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY
BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY MONDAY NIGHT BUT CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IN
THE VALLEYS...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 FEET.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL
BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS LATE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH
BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
$$
MTZ010>014-044>047-049-050-054-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER-
525 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...CHESTER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, STANFORD, CONRAD,
SHELBY, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, CUT BANK, HAVRE,
GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN,
MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF
CENTRAL MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$
MTZ051>053-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T1800Z-170207T0700Z/
FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
525 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE
PASS, WHITEHALL, TOWNSEND, LEWISTOWN, AND LEWISTOWN DIVIDE.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER AND
POTENTIALLY IMPACT TRAVEL ON MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$
MTZ055-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T2100Z-170207T0700Z/
GALLATIN-
525 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS, BOZEMAN, BOZEMAN PASS, TARGHEE
PASS, AND WEST YELLOWSTONE.
* TIMING...A WEATHER FRONT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW SOMETIME BETWEEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
MONDAY NIGHT. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS, THE SNOW MAY BEGIN BRIEFLY
AS A RAIN SNOW MIX OR ALL RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
4 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* SNOW LEVEL...5000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING
AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$069
WWUS45 KTFX 050408
WSWTFX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
908 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
MTZ009-048-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
908 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
MONDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL
OVERNIGHT...WILL BECOME HEAVY BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
24 TO 36 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL
BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS LATE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH
BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
$$
MTZ010>014-044>047-049-050-054-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER-
908 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...CHESTER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, STANFORD, CONRAD,
SHELBY, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, CUT BANK, HAVRE,
GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN,
MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF
CENTRAL MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$
MTZ051>053-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T1800Z-170207T0700Z/
FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
908 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE
PASS, WHITEHALL, TOWNSEND, LEWISTOWN, AND LEWISTOWN DIVIDE.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER AND
POTENTIALLY IMPACT TRAVEL ON MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$
MTZ055-051200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T2100Z-170207T0700Z/
GALLATIN-
908 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS, BOZEMAN, BOZEMAN PASS, TARGHEE
PASS, AND WEST YELLOWSTONE.
* TIMING...A WEATHER FRONT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW SOMETIME BETWEEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
MONDAY NIGHT. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS, THE SNOW MAY BEGIN BRIEFLY
AS A RAIN SNOW MIX...OR ALL RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* SNOW LEVEL...5000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$652 WWUS45 KTFX 051105 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA AS WELL AS THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA. HEAVY SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT... MTZ054-051215- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ MEAGHER- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL AND THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED. $$ MARTIN MTZ051>053-051215- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T1800Z-170207T0700Z/ FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL AND THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED. $$ MARTIN MTZ010-044-046-049-060000- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.EXB.KTFX.WS.W.0002.170206T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK, SHELBY, AND CONRAD. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE CUT BANK AREA. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ009-048-060000- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PLAINS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING OVER MARIAS PASS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS AS WELL AS AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MARTIN MTZ011>014-045-047-050-060000- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T0100Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0100Z-170207T0300Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, ROGERS PASS, CHESTER, CHINOOK, AND STANFORD. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHICH MAY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE HILINE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ055-060000- /O.UPG.KTFX.WS.A.0003.170206T2100Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0600Z-170207T0700Z/ GALLATIN- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS AND WEST YELLOWSTONE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. 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 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ015-060000- /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0600Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON- 405 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG THE MONTANA IDAHO BORDER BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN
889 WWUS45 KTFX 052018 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA AS WELL AS THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA. HEAVY SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT... MTZ044-046-049-060700- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0002.170206T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.EXA.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0100Z-170207T0300Z/ TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON- 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... 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 8 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...SHELBY AND CONRAD. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. 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 . && $$ MTZ010-060700- /O.EXT.KTFX.WS.W.0002.170205T2018Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER- 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ009-048-060700- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS AS WELL AS AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ011>014-045-047-050-060700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0100Z-170207T0300Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN- 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...STANFORD, CHINOOK, CHESTER, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHICH MAY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-060700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0600Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 118 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. 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 . && $$
238 WWUS45 KTFX 052145 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA AS WELL AS THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA. HEAVY SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT... MTZ009-010-048-060945- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND CUT BANK. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT CONTINUES INTO MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. TOWARD EASTERN GLACIER COUNTY...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST GLACIER PARK, ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS AS WELL AS AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ011>014-044>047-049-050-060945- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0100Z-170207T0300Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...STANFORD, CHINOOK, CONRAD, SHELBY, CHESTER, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. 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 . && $$ MTZ015-055-060945- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0600Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$
726
WWUS45 KTFX 060443
WSWTFX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
943 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017
MTZ009-048-061200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
943 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE THEN EXPECTED
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
15 TO 30 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL
BE DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES ALONG THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN FRONT. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST
GLACIER PARK...ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON
POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS INTO MONDAY. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTEREST...ALONG WITH AN
INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
$$
MTZ010-061200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-
943 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...CUT BANK.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE THEN EXPECTED
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
$$
MTZ011>014-044>047-049-050-061200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0300Z/
HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-
LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-
943 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY...
* LOCATIONS...STANFORD, CHINOOK, CONRAD, SHELBY, CHESTER, HAVRE,
GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER
PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
&&
$$
MTZ015-055-061200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.170206T0600Z-170207T0700Z/
MADISON-GALLATIN-
943 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 .
&&
$$979 WWUS45 KTFX 061058 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 358 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MONTANA TODAY. ONGOING HEAVY SNOW EVENT ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT CONTINUES... MTZ009-048-070000- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 358 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, AND MARIAS PASS. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. * IMPACTS...THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST GLACIER PARK...ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS THIS MORNING. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MARTIN MTZ010-070000- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ EASTERN GLACIER- 358 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. THE MOST IMPACTFUL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MARTIN MTZ011>014-044>047-049-050-070000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0300Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 358 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...STANFORD, CHINOOK, CONRAD, SHELBY, CHESTER, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF ANY HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN MTZ015-055-070000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 358 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA ON TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MARTIN
043 WWUS45 KTFX 062207 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 307 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ009-010-048-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 307 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PLAINS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST GLACIER PARK DUE TO SNOW LOADING... ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ051>054-070700- /O.EXA.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER- 307 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE PASS, WHITEHALL, TOWNSEND, AND WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND ON THE PLAINS...3 TO 5 INCHES AT AND ABOVE MOUNTAIN PASS LEVEL. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ011>014-044>047-049-050-070700- /O.EXT.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE- LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN- 307 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER, STANFORD, CONRAD, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, SHELBY, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OVER THE PLAINS AND IN THE VALLEYS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT AND ABOVE MOUNTAIN PASS LEVEL. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 307 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND GALLATIN COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...2 TO 4 INCHES AT AND ABOVE MOUNTAIN PASS LEVEL. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$
362 WWUS45 KTFX 070058 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 558 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ009-010-048-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 558 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST GLACIER PARK DUE TO SNOW LOADING... ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ011>013-044>047-049>051-054-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- 558 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, STANFORD, LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, CONRAD, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, AND SHELBY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ014-052-053-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- 558 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE PASS, WHITEHALL, TOWNSEND, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HELENA AS OF 530 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 558 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND GALLATIN COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$
214 WWUS45 KTFX 070118 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 618 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ009-010-048-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 618 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHOTEAU, BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND CUT BANK. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ROOF FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR BROWNING AND EAST GLACIER PARK DUE TO SNOW LOADING... ESPECIALLY ON BUILDINGS WITH FLAT ROOFTOPS AND ON POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THOSE WITH BACKCOUNTRY INTERESTS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . $$ MTZ011>013-044>047-049>051-054-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- 618 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CHESTER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, STANFORD, LEWISTOWN, LEWISTOWN DIVIDE, CONRAD, CHINOOK, BIG SANDY, FORT BENTON, HAVRE, GREAT FALLS, KINGS HILL PASS, AND SHELBY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ014-052-053-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- 618 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...BOULDER, BOULDER HILL, ELK PARK PASS, HOMESTAKE PASS, WHITEHALL, TOWNSEND, FLESHER PASS, HELENA, LINCOLN, MACDONALD PASS, AND ROGERS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HELENA AS OF 530 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 618 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND GALLATIN COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$
308 WWUS45 KTFX 070410 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...SOME LINGERING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA THIS EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MONTANA LATER TONIGHT...WITH LITTLE IMPACTS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS. MTZ009-048-071200- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.EXB.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T1200Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...BROWNING, LOGAN PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND CHOTEAU. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD THEN TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...10 BELOW TO 8 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED...ICY...AND AT TIMES IMPASSABLE ESPECIALLY ON MARIAS PASS...AND PORTIONS OF US-89. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * 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 . && $$ MTZ010-071600- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.170207T0410Z-170207T1600Z/ EASTERN GLACIER- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...CUT BANK. * TIMING...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND THIS EVENING...THROUGH TONIGHT...AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 21 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 41 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW TO 21 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROAD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND CAUSE FROST BITE IN A MATTER A MINUTES. PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE KEPT IN A WARM LOCATION. * WEB PAGE: TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ011-044>046-071600- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.170207T0410Z-170207T1600Z/ HILL-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...HAVRE, SHELBY, CHESTER, AND CONRAD. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW MAY RETURN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LITTLE IMPACTS EXPECTED. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...14 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 31 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 14 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROAD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND CAUSE FROST BITE IN A MATTER A MINUTES. PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE KEPT IN A WARM LOCATION. * 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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ012>014-047-049-052-053-070515- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-BLAINE- EASTERN TETON-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA. SOME ADDITIONAL BRIEF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER...LITTLE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD STILL CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. $$ MTZ050-051-054-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, STANFORD, LEWISTOWN, AND LEWISTOWN DIVIDE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$ MTZ015-055-070700- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170207T0700Z/ MADISON-GALLATIN- 910 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...TARGHEE PASS, WEST YELLOWSTONE, AND RAYNOLDS PASS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND GALLATIN COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. RAYNOLDS AND TARGHEE PASS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPASSABLE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1 . && $$
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 Feb 3, 7:34 PM MST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 7:34 PM MST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Great Falls MT 734 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 .UPDATE... 730 PM Update...Updated pops to near 100 for the rest of North Central MT overnight. Upper level disturbance combined with over- running moving through the region producing the light snow. Thinking 1 to 2 inches by Saturday morning over the Plains. I'll hold off on an advisory for now...as long as hourly snowfall rates do not increase and total snowfall generally remains below 2 inches. Did adjust winds up a bit in the Ennis Valley and small adjustments to overnight lows based on current observations. Looking ahead...Periods of snow to affect the Rocky Mountain Front on Saturday. Then another cold front moves southward through the region Sunday afternoon through Monday. The potential for more widespread heavy snow is possible during this period across the western half of North Central MT. Brusda 530 PM Update...Updated forecast is out. Have raised pops this evening north of a line from Great Falls to Lewistown. This area of precipitation produced 2 to 5 inches west of the divide. Thinking only about an inch on our side though...less moisture in the over-running. The cold air moved back into Great Falls...while it never left the Helena valley. Thus updated temperatures a bit. Quite windy in the Ennis valley as well. Brusda && .AVIATION... Updated 2350Z. Observations reveal a band of snow crossing the Continental Divide this evening. Short-term model guidance supports lowering cigs with areas of -SN affecting terminals across north-central MT overnight. Confidence in timing is low, but overall expect MVFR to at times IFR conditions overnight through mid-day Saturday. Lower impacts may be experienced at KCTB and KHVR early this evening. For southwest MT, s now is likely in the mountains surrounding KBZN/KEKS, but expecting only short-lived -SHSN at these terminals overnight. PN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 450 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017/ Tonight through Sunday...Very active weather pattern setting up across the region as an initial upper level low off the OR coast moves inland and diffuses east across the region tonight while another moves into its place offshore from a position currently off the BC coast. The most widespread/significant precipitation through Saturday morning will be focused over areas along the continental divide, particularly along the Northern Rocky Mtn Front and areas near the WY border with periods of light precipitation possible elsewhere as individual pieces of energy move through the moist westerly flow aloft. Several inches of snowfall are expected across the higher terrain of western Glacier county and southern Gallatin/Madison counties with this first round of precipitation and a winter weather advisory is in effect to highlight potential travel hazards primarily over the passes in those locations through Saturday. Late Saturday through Sunday, the offshore low gradually approaches the coast with a potent plume of Pacific moisture streaming into the northern Rockies ahead of the low Saturday night through Sunday. This will bring the beginning a of long duration snow event to the Rocky Mtn Front region with moderate to heavy snow also potentially move out onto adjacent portions of the plains along the US/Canadian border by Sunday afternoon as cold air deepens to the east of the Rockies and baroclinic zone strengthens along the MT/AB border. A Winter Storm Watch will remain in effect for this period with impacts likely initially being felt in the Glacier park vicinity Saturday night before later expanding into adjacent portions of Glacier county Sunday afternoon. Hoenisch Sunday Night through Friday...Medium range models seem to have a decent handle on what could be an active weather pattern for the first half of next week. Period starts off with moist and fast westerly flow aloft over Montana. A nearly east to west oriented trough will extend across southern Canada to a closed low off the British Columbia/Washington Coast then turns southward to an upper wave off California. The wave and closed low then merge and move inland across the western USA as a surface cold front pushes southward through the northern Rockies. Models and diagnostic tools are indicating the potential for heavy snow accumulations in the mountains of the Northern Rocky Mountain Front Sunday night through Monday night which could require highlights. The remainder of the forecast area could also see a chance to a good likelihood for light snow accumulations during this period with some potential for rain to mix in with snow during the daytime hours in some locations as well. As the upper level trough moves east of the state, a continued moist and cool northwest flow aloft sets up for Tuesday and Wednesday with the potential for an occasional disturbance to move through the region. There should be a continued likelihood for light to moderate snowfall to persist over the western mountains with a slight chance to chance for light snow for lower elevations. Upper level ridging should begin to build over the western USA Wednesday night and Thursday with temperatures warming back to seasonal averages or higher for max temperatures Thursday and Friday. Am expecting mostly dry conditions Wednesday night and Thursday but PoPs rebound again Thursday night and Friday as the ridge becomes flattened and westerly flow brings a return of Pacific moisture to the region. mpj && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 10 17 15 35 / 100 70 20 10 CTB 5 12 7 19 / 100 30 50 60 HLN 4 27 18 31 / 40 30 20 10 BZN 5 29 23 40 / 30 20 20 10 WEY 7 28 25 31 / 90 80 70 50 DLN 10 41 28 44 / 30 20 20 10 HVR 9 17 9 21 / 100 50 40 30 LWT 11 20 14 37 / 90 50 20 10 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Watch from Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon Eastern Glacier...Northern Rocky Mountain Front... Southern Rocky Mountain Front. Winter Weather Advisory until 3 PM MST Saturday Gallatin... Madison. Winter Weather Advisory until 3 PM MST Saturday Northern Rocky Mountain Front. && weather.gov/greatfalls
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:11 PM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Great Falls MT 511 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 MTZ009-010-044-040300- Northern Rocky Mountain Front-Eastern Glacier-Toole- Including the cities of Browning, Heart Butte, Dupuyer, East Glacier Park, Kiowa, Cut Bank, Santa Rita, Devon, Shelby, Ethridge, and Galata 511 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 ...LIGHT SNOW TO AFFECT THE CUT BANK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS AROUND BROWNING...CUT BANK...SWEET GRASS...AND SHELBY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. MTZ011-013-045-047-040300- Hill-Chouteau-Liberty-Blaine- Including the cities of Havre, Rocky Boy, Floweree, Carter, Fort Benton, Chester, Joplin, Lothair, Whitlash, Chinook, Lloyd, Zurich, Harlem, Hogeland, Hays, and Lodge Pole 511 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 ...LIGHT SNOW TO AFFECT THE HAVRE AND FORT BENTON AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS AROUND FORT BENTON...LOMA...HAVRE...CHESTER AND CHINOOK THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 7:21 PM MST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Great Falls MT 721 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 MTZ012-049>051-040500- Cascade-Eastern Teton-Judith Basin-Fergus- Including the cities of Great Falls, Fairfield, Dutton, Power, Raynesford, Geyser, Stanford, Windham, Benchland, Hobson, Moccasin, Hilger, and Lewistown 721 PM MST Fri Feb 3 2017 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO AFFECT CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH TONIGHT... PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS INCLUDES THE GREAT FALLS...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES...WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
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