Winter Storm Warning
Expires 2:00 PM EDT on May 23, 2013
Statement as of 7:25 am MDT on May 23, 2013
... Winter Storm Warning in effect until noon MDT today...
The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Winter
Storm Warning for heavy wet snow... which is in effect until noon MDT
today.
* Impacts/timing: heavy wet snow will continue to fall this
morning. The heavy nature of the snow may cause trees and
power lines to break causing power outages and downed branches.
* Snow accumulations: an additional 1 to 3 inches.
* Locations impacted include... bad Rock Canyon... Essex... Highway
83 Bigfork to Swan Lake... Marias Pass... Polebridge... Flathead
Valley... Highway 200 Bonner to Greenough... Highway 83 Seeley
Lake to Condon...
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather
conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of
snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in
an emergency. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight...
food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
Record Report
Statement as of 01:37 am MDT on May 23, 2013
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Kalispell Mt...
a record rainfall of 0.94 inches was set at Kalispell Mt yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 0.87 set in 1980.
