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WINTER STORM WARNING |
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WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED MARCH 11 AT 9:21AM MDT UNTIL MARCH 14 AT 12:00PM MDT
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOWACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES. FOR THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING,
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES. FOR
THE BLIZZARD WARNING, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. THERE IS A
HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF EXTREME IMPACTS FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING
AND OR BLOWING SNOW ON US HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF WEST GLACIER TO MARIAS
PASS AND IN BACKCOUNTRY AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 80
MPH. FOR THE SECOND WINTER STORM WARNING, HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED.
THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD OF MAJOR WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS WINTER STORM
IMPACTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 20 INCHES. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...POLEBRIDGE, MARIAS PASS, BAD ROCK CANYON, HIGHWAY 83
BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, AND ESSEX.
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. FOR THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING, FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. FOR THE BLIZZARD WARNING, FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT THURSDAY. FOR THE SECOND WINTER STORM
WARNING, FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO NOON MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FOR EXTREME WINTER STORM IMPACTS, EXPECT
SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTIONS TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVELING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IN THE IMPACTED AREAS
IS NOT ADVISED. EXTENSIVE AND WIDESPREAD CLOSURES AND DISRUPTIONS
TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAY OCCUR. LIFE SAVING ACTIONS MAY BE NEEDED.
VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. VISIBILITIES
MAY DROP BELOW 1 4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL ELEVATIONS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. |
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WEST GLACIER REGION
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