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WWUS45 KRIW 010747  
WSWRIW  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY  
147 AM MDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
WYZ001-012-020000-  
/O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0004.260402T0500Z-260404T0000Z/  
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAKE, OLD FAITHFUL, AND MAMMOTH  
147 AM MDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 12  
AND 18 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY UP TO 24 INCHES IN THE WESTERN  
SLOPES OF THE TETONS. IN NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE PARK, 6 TO 10 INCHES  
OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL  
PARK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT, INCLUDING OVER TETON AND  
TOGWOTEE PASSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
WYZ014-015-024-020000-  
/O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0004.260402T0500Z-260404T0000Z/  
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-SALT RIVER  
AND WYOMING RANGES-  
147 AM MDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10  
AND 16 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST, WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST, AND  
SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT, INCLUDING OVER SOUTH  
PASS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
WYZ008-009-020000-  
/O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0004.260403T0000Z-260404T0000Z/  
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-  
147 AM MDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 12  
AND 20 INCHES POSSIBLE, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE WESTERN  
SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN BIGHORNS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45  
MPH.  
 
* WHERE...BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST AND BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT, INCLUDING OVER GRANITE  
AND POWDER RIVER PASSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/RIW/ .  
 
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