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SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
749 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026
MTC007-031-043-057-171515-
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BROADWATER MT-MADISON MT-JEFFERSON MT-GALLATIN MT-
749 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BROADWATER...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...EASTERN JEFFERSON
AND NORTHWESTERN GALLATIN COUNTIES...
AT 748 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BOULDER TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WHITEHALL TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF PONY, 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 THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 253.
HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 97, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
109 AND 100.
HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 54.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOULDER, THREE FORKS, PONY, HARRISON, NORRIS, WICKES, MCALLISTER,
ALHAMBRA, CORBIN, ELKHORN STATE PARK, CARDWELL, RADERSBURG, LEWIS AND
CLARK CAVERNS STATE PARK, WILLOW CREEK, AND JEFFERSON CITY.
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 4543 11200 4598 11205 4643 11220 4650 11172
4598 11151 4540 11157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 270DEG 24KT 4637 11205 4597 11187 4550 11194
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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