ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1203 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THIS WARNING.
* PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE REGION ARE MAKING DRIVING AND WALKING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH UP TO ONE HALF OF AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...
BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...
LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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