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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
129 PM MDT Wed Apr 16 2025

MTZ001>003-162030-
Flathead/Mission Valleys MT-West Glacier Region MT-
Kootenai/Cabinet Region MT-
129 PM MDT Wed Apr 16 2025

...Intense snow showers will impact portions of central Flathead
County through 230 PM MDT...

At 126 PM MDT, area webcams indicate intense snow showers along a
line extending from 20 miles west of Kalispell to near Woods Bay.
Movement was north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Visibility one-half mile or less and wind gusts up to 40
         mph. Slushy snow accumulation of up to one inch on
         roadways in the Flathead Valley.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Low visibility could result in dangerous driving
         conditions. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and
         blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Kalispell, Apgar, Bigfork, Marias Pass, Somers, Blacktail, Pinnacle,
Kila, West Glacier, Martin City, Coram, Creston, Essex, Whitefish,
Hungry Horse, Marion, La Salle, Nyack, Evergreen, and Columbia Falls.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 2 between mile markers 99 and 196.
 Highway 83 between mile markers 83 and 90.
 Highway 93 N between mile markers 101 and 135.

LAT...LON 4858 11361 4858 11354 4855 11347 4846 11348
      4842 11340 4842 11335 4838 11333 4834 11338
      4823 11322 4818 11324 4817 11318 4813 11313
      4815 11306 4812 11305 4813 11300 4809 11298
      4806 11421 4809 11469 4842 11457 4860 11363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 191DEG 19KT 4818 11474 4801 11398

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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