Posted: 8:25 AM Oct 11, 2008
Last Updated: 8:25 AM Oct 11, 2008
Reporter: NOAA
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 418 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008
...WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE REGION... .A MAJOR FALL SNOWSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND MORE IS ON THE WAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NEAREST THE EAST SLOPES TODAY. THE PLAINS WILL PICK UP HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET AND THIS WILL CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. TRAVEL WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH IMPRESSIVE SNOW RATES ANTICIPATED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OVER MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO FEET HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE CRAZY MOUNTAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CRAZY MOUNTAINS AND NORTH SLOPES OF THE BEARTOOTH AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SLOPES...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AROUND COOKE CITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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