270  
WWUS85 KMSO 231955  
SPSMSO  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
1255 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2025  
 
MTZ006-007-043-232100-  
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-  
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-  
1255 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2025  
 
...INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN  
MISSOULA, NORTHERN GRANITE AND CENTRAL POWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM  
MST...  
 
AT 1254 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS CAUSING FREEZING  
RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN TO 17  
MILES EAST OF STEVENSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...VISIBILITY ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AND FREEZING RAIN.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...LOW VISIBILITY COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING  
CONDITIONS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
DRUMMOND, OVANDO, NIMROD, FINN, JENS, BROCK CREEK, NEW CHICAGO,  
POTOMAC, BEARMOUTH, QUIGLEY, CLINTON, GARNET, HELMVILLE, GOLDCREEK,  
HALL, GREENOUGH, AND AVON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 166.  
HIGHWAY 200 E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 25, AND BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 43 AND 63.  
 
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 4664 11257 4644 11369 4682 11379 4715 11280  
4683 11280 4683 11262  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 181DEG 11KT 4686 11275 4658 11375  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH  
 
 
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