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Offline NeverWinter

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Heavy Snow Warning MT 0611
« on: June 11, 2008, 03:53:36 AM »
HEAVY SNOW WARNING
Issue Date: 956 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008
Expiration: 600 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2008

...STRONG LATE SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS NEAR
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A MOIST AND UNSEASONABLY COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS FALLING ALONG THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN
FRONT AND WILL SPREAD SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA LATER TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

MTZ008-014-052-111200-
/O.CON.KTFX.HS.W.0007.080611T0600Z-080612T0000Z/
BEAVERHEAD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...HELENA...LINCOLN...BOULDER
956 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR AREAS ABOVE 5000 FEET IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA NEAR
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT PASS LEVEL....WITH UP TO 12 INCHES
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MACDONALD PASS...BOULDER PASS AND
ROGERS PASS...COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

ADDITIONALLY...THIS WILL BE A VERY WET SNOW. IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THERE COULD BE SOME POWER
OUTAGES OR TREE DAMAGE TO TREES THAT HAVE LEAFED OUT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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.

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