Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT1018 AM MST THU NOV 12 2009
MTZ015-055-130000-/O.EXT.KTFX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091113T0700Z/
MADISON-GALLATIN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENNIS...TWIN BRIDGES...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
1018 AM MST THU NOV 12 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTILMIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF GALLATINAND MADISON COUNTIES INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATESAROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. BYLATE THIS EVENING...EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO RANGEFROM 18 TO 24 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OFBOZEMAN AND ENNIS...TO AROUND 30 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ADDITIONALLY...EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONEQUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. AT 10 AM THIS MORNING...CURRENT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 10INCHES IN ENNIS...TO OVER A FOOT IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN...TO AROUND 17 INCHES IN THE BEAR CANYON AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHERCONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AREFORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. KEEP AN EXTRAFLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF ANEMERGENCY.
