URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 411 AM MDT FRI OCT 25 2013 MTZ067-068-WYZ098-261015- /O.NEW.KBYZ.WS.A.0010.131028T0000Z-131029T1200Z/ ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF...COOKE CITY...BURGESS JCT 411 AM MDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...12 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR UNPREPARED HUNTERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ028-029-034-035-038>042-056-057-063>066-WYZ099-261015- /O.NEW.KBYZ.WS.A.0010.131028T0000Z-131029T1200Z/ SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK- NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN BIG HORN-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA- BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF...HARLOWTON...TWODOT...SHAWMUT... ROUNDUP...MELSTONE...MUSSELSHELL...COLUMBUS...ABSAROKEE... PARK CITY...REED POINT...RAPELJE...BILLINGS...LAUREL...HUNTLEY... POMPEYS PILLAR...CUSTER...BROADVIEW...LODGE GRASS...PRYOR... WYOLA...FORT SMITH...BRIDGER...JOLIET...FROMBERG...BELFRY... WARREN...CLYDE PARK...WILSALL...BIG TIMBER...MELVILLE...RYEGATE... LAVINA...RED LODGE...ROBERTS...ROSCOE...HARDIN...CROW AGENCY... BUSBY...JUDITH GAP...EMIGRANT...LIVINGSTON...SPRINGDALE... FISHTAIL...MCLEOD...NYE...SHERIDAN...DAYTON...RANCHESTER... BIG HORN...STORY...CLEARMONT 411 AM MDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE DAMAGE TO TREES THAT STILL CONTAIN FOLIAGE...AS WELL AS ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES. THE COLD AND WET CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR UNPREPARED HUNTERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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