Sunday, December 2, 2007

This is the first time the weather has actually made me nervous

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
941 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2007

MTZ015-055-031245-
/O.EXB.KTFX.WS.W.0014.071203T0700Z-071204T0000Z/
MADISON-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENNIS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
941 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2007

...SEVERE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY.

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 80 TO 100 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA. GUSTS TO NEAR 160 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEYS WITH 10 TO
15 FEET EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AND TRAVEL WILL BE
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

A SEVERE BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE... PERHAPS LETHAL... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE
OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

Never in my life have I seen a storm even half this intensity. Say byebye to power for weeks on end :(

1 comment:

~dani said...

OH NO!

Text or call or something so I know that you are alive. Now I am worried :(