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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
843 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

MTZ006-007-081700-
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains MT-Butte/Blackfoot Region MT-
843 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

...Intense snow showers will impact portions of Deer Lodge,
southeastern Granite, Silver Bow and southeastern Powell Counties
through 1000 AM MST...

At 839 AM MST, Doppler radar was tracking intense snow showers along
Interstate 90 east of Drummond to Homestake Pass and Highway 12 from
Garrison to McDonald Pass. These snow showers will bring one-half
mile visibility and slick snow-covered roads for the next 1 to 2
hours. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Visibility one-half mile or less.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Low visibility could result in dangerous driving
         conditions.

Locations impacted include...
Deer Lodge, Butte, Anaconda, Silver Bow, Philipsburg, Walkerville,
Galen, Divide, Warm Springs, Gregson Hot Springs, Garrison, West
Valley, Brock Creek, Racetrack, Opportunity, Blossburg, Ramsay,
Janney, Georgetown, and Elliston.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 165 and 231.
 Highway 12 Garrison to MacDonald Pass between mile markers 0 and 26.

LAT...LON 4580 11232 4574 11241 4576 11250 4569 11255
      4563 11268 4584 11286 4589 11307 4623 11360
      4667 11281 4670 11241 4666 11240 4663 11230
      4642 11231 4633 11246 4633 11253 4624 11260
      4618 11257 4618 11251 4589 11240 4585 11243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 271DEG 29KT 4675 11219 4620 11342

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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