URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
824 PM MDT MON SEP 23 2013
...MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
INTENSIFY BY MID DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIER
SNOW IS LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES
POSSIBLE NEAR PASS LEVEL TO 7000 FEET...16 TO 24 INCHES
POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD
REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BATTLE RIDGE PASS...TARGHEE
PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...
HOMESTAKE PASS...BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...MONIDA
PASS...KINGS HILL PASS... RAYNOLDS PASS
* TO SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS HAZARD PLEASE VISIT
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=TFX:
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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