Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Winter Storm Watch Tonight and Wednesday, particularly Lower Star Valley Area

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
424 AM MST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE TETONS AND NORTHERN STAR VALLEY FOR
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DELIVER ANOTHER ROUND OF
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE TETONS AND NORTHERN STAR VALLEY FROM
11 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING...

WYZ023-192300-
/O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0001.160120T0600Z-160121T0600Z/
STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH...
THAYNE
424 AM MST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING.
  THE SNOWFALL MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
  AFTER 11 PM THIS EVENING AND MAY CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. THE SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT BY WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. MOST OF
  THE SNOW WILL END IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE VALLEY AROUND 5
  PM TODAY.

* SNOWFALL...6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN STAR VALLEY
  INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ALPINE IS POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE 3 TO 6
  INCHES IS LIKELY.

* MAIN IMPACT...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED. THE
  VISIBILITY COULD LOWER TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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