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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
249 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011
MTZ055-232200-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/
/O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/
GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...
BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
249 AM MST WED FEB 23 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY
FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6500 FEET...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
ELEVATIONS BELOW 6500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
THURSDAY.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WITH SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
ELEVATIONS OF 6500 FEET WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BELOW 6500
FEET.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST
NORTHWEST WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE
ARE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWNWARD AS AN ARCTIC
AIRMASS SETTLES OVER THE AREA. BY THURSDAY MORNING...LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND ZERO IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
Get ready for a couple cold nites-F,....western montana! Put on the bunny jamies kids!
The old song, "Put another log on the fire, cook me up some bacon and some beans......" haha Now I'm singing it. Who sang that song?????? Now it's bugging me. haha
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
553 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011
MTZ004-272200-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110301T1200Z/
LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-
553 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY
ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR...EVARO HILL...
A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM MST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT TO TRAVELERS.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER LOOKOUT PASS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LOWER
ELEVATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Put on a coat. Maybe two coats. Drink lots of hot chocolate, put another log on the fire.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON MDT WEDNESDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 6000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE
MOUNTAINS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN
PASES DURING THIS TIME.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET.
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
344 AM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011
...A STRONG SPRING STORM TO AFFECT NORTHEAST MONTANA MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A SPRING STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE
TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO EASTERN MONTANA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EXIT OFF
INTO THE DAKOTAS TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOVEMENT AND TRACK OF THE
STORM STILL COULD SHIFT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST WINDS
NORTH OR SOUTH ALLOWING FOR SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST.
MTZ017>020-024-059-061-062-202200-
/O.NEW.KGGW.WS.A.0006.110322T0000Z-110323T1200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-
RICHLAND-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...HINSDALE...
FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...WOLF POINT...
POPLAR...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...WHITEWATER...OPHEIM.. .CULBERTSON
344 AM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4
TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
CANADIAN AND NORTH DAKOTA BORDER WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE
MISSOURI RIVER.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL MONDAY EVENING WITH THE PEAK OF
THE STORM OCCURRING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* OTHER IMPACTS: EXPECT SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW TO IMPACT AREA
ROADWAYS DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST WINDS.
TUESDAY MORNING VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED OCCASIONALLY BELOW
A MILE AT TIMES WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NOW WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT TIME TO STOCK UP ON FOOD...MEDICAL...
AND HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES AS ROADS CAN SOMETIMES TAKE DAYS TO CLEAR.
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
350 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011
...A MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO STRIKE MUCH OF NORTHEAST MONTANA TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IT WILL THEN
EXIT EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS WEDNESDAY.
MTZ017>020-059-061-062-220600-
/O.UPG.KGGW.WS.A.0006.110322T0000Z-110323T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.BZ.W.0002.110322T0000Z-110323T1200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-
NORTHERN PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...HINSDALE...
FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...WOLF POINT...
POPLAR...WHITEWATER...OPHEIM...CULBERTSON
350 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW...WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT.
* SNOW AMOUNTS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN
LOCATIONS NEAR THE CANADA BORDER.
* WINDS: EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...WITH THE PEAK OF THE
STORM OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE SNOW AND WIND SHOULD
START TO TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY ENDING
WEDNESDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. LARGE DRIFTS ARE EXPECTED
TO FORM...AND VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF TRAPPED IN THE BLIZZARD DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR. DISORIENTATION
CAN OCCUR QUICKLY IN LOW TEMPERATURES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
WHICH CAN LEAD TO A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1235 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011
MTZ009>014-044>051-054-220445-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T0600Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-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-MEAGHER-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...
LOGAN PASS...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...JUDITH GAP...
LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
1235 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW AND MIXED SNOW AND RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVIER SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT COULD CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE
SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE PLAINS WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE POOR VISIBILITIES.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: FAIRFIELD...CHOTEAU...CHESTER...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...
LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...SHELBY...CHINOOK...BIG SANDY... FORT
BENTON...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS...CONRAD...
HAVRE...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS... FLESHER
PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS... ROGERS PASS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...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.
Blizzard Warning, North of the Misouri River, 3-22-2011
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
300 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...A MAJOR SNOWSTORM TO STRIKE MUCH OF NORTHEAST MONTANA THIS
MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT...
.AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN EXIT EAST INTO
THE DAKOTAS WEDNESDAY.
MTZ016>020-059>062-222200-
/O.CON.KGGW.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T1200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...
HINSDALE...FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...
WOLF POINT...POPLAR...WHITEWATER...ZORTMAN...OPHEIM...C ULBERTSON
300 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW... WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THERE IS
ALSO A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING.
* SNOW AMOUNTS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES.
THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN LOCATIONS
NEAR THE CANADA BORDER.
* WINDS: EAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* TIMING: PEAK OF THE STORM WILL OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TODAY.
THE SNOW AND WIND SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING... WITH
MOSTLY ENDING BY WEDNESDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. DRIFTS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM... AND VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO OR NEAR ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF TRAPPED IN THE BLIZZARD DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR. DISORIENTATION
CAN OCCUR QUICKLY IN LOW TEMPERATURES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
WHICH CAN LEAD TO A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. BE SURE TO TAKE A
WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT IF VENTURING OUT.
High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
911 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2011
MTZ009-010-012-014-046-048>051-311115-
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110401T0000Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-EASTERN PONDERA-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...
CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...
HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...CONRAD...
CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...
LEWISTOWN DIVIDE
911 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
OCCUR THIS THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF
THURSDAY. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
WITH STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER FAVORED TERRAIN.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THROUGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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Winter Storm Warning, Downtown Rickersville, 2-26-2011
