URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1210 PM MDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN WYOMING EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY... .STRONG MOIST WEST FLOW ACCOMPANIED BY A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING TODAY SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN WYOMING LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE... STAR VALLEY RANCH...THAYNE 1210 PM MDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TODAY AND BECOME ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL POSSIBLY DROP TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT AS ROADS BECOME SNOW PACKED...SLICK AND SLUSHY WITH POOR VISIBILITY. BEFORE TRAVELING MOTORISTS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BY VISITING WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1. BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT STORM WITH PLENTY OF WIND AND SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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.
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