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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1048 AM MST THU NOV 17 2011

..SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN WYOMING

TODAY AND FRIDAY...AND THE NORTH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW TO THE WEST THIS MORNING WILL

CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THE SNOW AND WIND IS

THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AND

CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WITH

BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON THE

MOUNTAIN PASSES.

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5

PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...INCREASING

OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH WITH

10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE PARK.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS

NEARING 50 MPH AT PASS AND PEAK LEVEL. VISIBILITY MAY BE

REDUCED BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME SEVERELY IMPACTED TONIGHT INTO

FRIDAY WHEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG WINDS.

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.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET

AT WYOROAD.INFO.