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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
640 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026
MTC001-043-057-171430-
/O.NEW.KTFX.SQ.W.0002.260217T1340Z-260217T1430Z/
MADISON MT-BEAVERHEAD MT-JEFFERSON MT-
640 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA...
CENTRAL BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA...
WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA...
* UNTIL 730 AM MST.
* AT 639 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUTTE TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIVIDE TO 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TWIN BRIDGES TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DILLON,
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 235.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DILLON, BOULDER, SHERIDAN, WHITEHALL, TWIN BRIDGES, ALDER, SILVER
STAR, BASIN, ELK PARK, LAURIN, AND WATERLOO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 4506 11263 4564 11265 4570 11253 4576 11250
4575 11219 4585 11243 4602 11244 4605 11248
4618 11251 4617 11256 4623 11260 4633 11254
4633 11246 4641 11232 4621 11206 4559 11194
4504 11203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 252DEG 27KT 4599 11259 4582 11254 4548 11250
4517 11252
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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