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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
208 AM MST TUE DEC 16 2025
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EAST GLACIER PARK REGION-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KIOWA, MARIAS PASS, LOGAN
PASS, SAINT MARY, ROGERS PASS, EAST GLACIER PARK, AND BABB
208 AM MST TUE DEC 16 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND
10 INCHES 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 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY.
* 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...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1 OR VISITING THE MDT ROAD REPORT WEBSITE.
REMEMBER, A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT THERE IS AT LEAST AN 80%
CHANCE OF IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE WARNING
PERIOD.
HOENISCH
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