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WWUS85 KMSO 150305
SPSMSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
905 PM MDT SAT MAR 14 2026
MTZ005>007-043-150345-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS MT-
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-
905 PM MDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOULA, NORTHERN GRANITE AND CENTRAL POWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM
MDT...
AT 904 PM MDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EAST MISSOULA TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRUMMOND TO 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF OVANDO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...VISIBILITY ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF
30 MPH.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...LOW VISIBILITY COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MISSOULA, DRUMMOND, BONNER-WEST RIVERSIDE, EAST MISSOULA, NIMROD,
FINN, JENS, POTOMAC, NEW CHICAGO, BEARMOUTH, CLINTON, TURAH, GARNET,
HELMVILLE, AND TWIN CREEKS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 163.
HIGHWAY 200 E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
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 4660 11297 4664 11370 4694 11407 4690 11342
4699 11306 4685 11279 4683 11279 4683 11275
4672 11253 4671 11253 4670 11252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 290DEG 31KT 4688 11397 4683 11334 4693 11295
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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