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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
252 PM MST MON DEC 15 2025
MTZ301-307-161300-
/O.CON.KTFX.WS.A.0020.251217T0300Z-251218T0600Z/
EAST GLACIER PARK REGION-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KIOWA, BABB, SAINT MARY, LOGAN
PASS, ROGERS PASS, MARIAS PASS, AND EAST GLACIER PARK
252 PM MST MON DEC 15 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND
10 INCHES POSSIBLE AT MARIAS PASS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE
MOUNTAINS IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. WINDS COULD GUST OVER 70 MPH
AT TIMES.
* WHERE...THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS AND TIRE
CHAINS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOME VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY DROP
BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE IN
THE BACKCOUNTRY SHOULD ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
REMEMBER, A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A 50%
CHANCE OF IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE WATCH
PERIOD.
RG
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