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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
725 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

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WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION-
725 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS
  MORNING. THE HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW MAY CAUSE TREES AND
  POWER LINES TO BREAK CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED BRANCHES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY
  83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD
  VALLEY...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY
  LAKE TO CONDON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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 TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.



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BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
725 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS
MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS
  THE AREA RESULTING IN MAJOR IMPACTS TO TREES...POWER LINES AND
  TRAVEL ON BOTH PAVED AND UNIMPROVED ROADS.

* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  MORNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY
  12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND COULD DAMAGE TREES
AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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