WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW… EARLY SEASON SNOW EVENT
EARLY SEASON SNOW EVENT TO IMPACT BUTTE, ANACONDA, AND OTHER PARTS OF WESTERN MONTANA AND LEMHI COUNTY…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT…SEP 24 2013
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS…BIG HOLE PASS… CHIEF JOSEPH PASS…DILLON…MONIDA PASS…ENNIS…NORRIS HILL… RAYNOLDS PASS…TWIN BRIDGES…BOULDER…BOULDER HILL… ELK PARK PASS…HOMESTAKE PASS…WHITEHALL…BATTLE RIDGE PASS… BOZEMAN…BOZEMAN PASS…TARGHEE PASS…WEST YELLOWSTONE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO NOON MDT THURSDAY.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER TO THE VALLEYS FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL START TO DIMINISH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH ROADS BECOMING SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM 5500 FEET TO 7000 FEET AND 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. ELEVATIONS BELOW 5500 FEET COULD SEE 1 TO 4 INCHES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS STORM WILL CAUSE STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK…ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BATTLE RIDGE PASS…BOZEMAN… BOZEMAN PASS…TARGHEE PASS…WEST YELLOWSTONE…BIG HOLE PASS…CHIEF JOSEPH PASS…DILLON…MONIDA PASS…BOULDER…
BOULDER HILL…ELK PARK PASS…HOMESTAKE PASS… WHITEHALL… ENNIS…NORRIS HILL…RAYNOLDS PASS… TWIN BRIDGES.
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