732  
WWUS85 KMSO 171106  
SPSMSO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
406 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
IDZ009-010-MTZ005>007-171145-  
EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY ID-WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY ID-  
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS MT-  
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-  
406 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LEMHI,  
SOUTHWESTERN DEER LODGE, SOUTHEASTERN RAVALLI AND SOUTHWESTERN  
GRANITE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 AM MST...  
 
AT 405 AM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY TO 12 MILES  
NORTHWEST OF NORTH FORK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...VISIBILITY ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30  
MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...LOW VISIBILITY COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING  
CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND  
BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
DARBY, CONNER, GIBBONSVILLE, SULA, LOST TRAIL PASS, AND COMO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 S BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 36.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4588 11353 4584 11362 4584 11370 4575 11383  
4578 11387 4575 11391 4570 11391 4570 11394  
4563 11390 4560 11381 4552 11384 4552 11377  
4545 11378 4543 11376 4539 11429 4610 11421  
4630 11341  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 257DEG 22KT 4607 11407 4548 11422  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 
 
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