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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1229 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2026
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NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN
BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS-GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WISDOM, MONIDA PASS, CHIEF JOSEPH PASS, BIG
HOLE PASS, RAYNOLDS PASS, DEWEY, BIG SKY, WEST YELLOWSTONE, TARGHEE
PASS, AND WISE RIVER
1229 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON
MDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...PERIODS OF WET SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
4 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8
INCHES NEAR HIGHEST PEAKS.
* WHERE...GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL
MOUNTAINS, NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, AND RUBY MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON MDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON COLD AND WET BACKCOUNTRY CONDITIONS WITH A
HEIGHTENED HYPOTHERMIA RISK FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED. WET
SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND BLOCK ACCESS TO FOREST ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT ONLY TAKES A
FEW INCHES OF SNOW TO DAMAGE TENTS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ITEMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH
ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS, BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS
AND EXTRA CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING
ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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