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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1227 AM MST MON FEB 23 2026
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ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF COOKE CITY
1227 AM MST MON FEB 23 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES, GREATEST ON SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING
SLOPES, INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AROUND COOKE CITY. WINDS COULD GUST
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...RECREATION IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY
ACCUMULATING SNOW. HIGHER AND MORE EXPOSED AREAS WILL SEE STRONG
WINDS, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LIKELY INCREASE
AVALANCHE DANGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE VENTURING INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY, BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW, STRONG WINDS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY.
ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS FOR THIS HAZARD CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
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