Winter Weather Advisory
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
Details
Winter Weather Advisory Remains In Effect Until 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 3 to 5 inches across lower elevations, with 5 to 10 inches in the mountains. Locally higher amounts possible. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.
Where
Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Eastern Toole and Liberty, Fergus County below 4500ft, and Western and Central Chouteau County.
When
Until 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
- Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera
- Eastern Toole and Liberty
- Western and Central Chouteau County
- Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine
- Fergus County below 4500ft
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M4MM6MB2BH29PH0HZ56JRJVG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.02af72eff6eb04202cb1e430105d169874b37a5f.006.1
- 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.6523
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | WWY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWTFX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS45 KTFX 110440 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-261012T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-12T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5c27555301c61c960e80ee52001e9dfdf3528c34.005.1,2026-10-10T00:32:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.63d055c6b8522eab4f914c4a776454fb26ce1d04.009.1,2026-10-09T11:29:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera
- Eastern Toole and Liberty
- Western and Central Chouteau County
- Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine
- Fergus County below 4500ft
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030035 |
| SAME | 030073 |
| SAME | 030101 |
| SAME | 030051 |
| SAME | 030015 |
| SAME | 030041 |
| SAME | 030005 |
| SAME | 030027 |
| UGC | MTZ303 |
| UGC | MTZ304 |
| UGC | MTZ310 |
| UGC | MTZ311 |
| UGC | MTZ314 |