Winter Weather Advisory
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
Details
Winter Weather Advisory In Effect From 6 PM Saturday To 6 AM MDT Monday
- Event
- Winter Weather Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Execute
Description
What
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of between 2 to 5 inches across lower elevations, with 5 to 8 inches in the mountains. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.
Where
Portions of central and southwest Montana.
When
From 6 PM Saturday to 6 AM MDT Monday.
Impacts
Travel could be difficult. Gusty winds combined with the wet and heavy nature of the snow could bring down tree branches. Isolated power outages are possible.
Additional details
Snowfall amounts will vary drastically from grassy surfaces to roadways, most notably at lower elevations, with accumulations on non-grassy surfaces being confined mainly to between the evening through late morning hours.
Instructions
Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
Affected areas
- Canyon Ferry Area
- Missouri Headwaters
- Madison River Valley
- Gallatin Valley
- Northwest Beaverhead County
- Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft
- Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M4GVCZ48619QPMPNQKCKTV1Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.63d055c6b8522eab4f914c4a776454fb26ce1d04.010.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Great Falls MT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTFX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8268
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | WWY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWTFX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS45 KTFX 091729 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTFX.WW.Y.0027.261011T0000Z-261012T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-12T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Canyon Ferry Area
- Missouri Headwaters
- Madison River Valley
- Gallatin Valley
- Northwest Beaverhead County
- Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft
- Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030049 |
| SAME | 030007 |
| SAME | 030043 |
| SAME | 030057 |
| SAME | 030031 |
| SAME | 030001 |
| UGC | MTZ323 |
| UGC | MTZ324 |
| UGC | MTZ325 |
| UGC | MTZ326 |
| UGC | MTZ327 |
| UGC | MTZ328 |
| UGC | MTZ329 |