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...PERSISTENT SNOW TO IMPACT NORTHWEST WYOMING TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WYOMING TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR YELLOWSTONE PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...FLURRIES TO LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... BUT WILL NOT BECOME MORE PERSISTENT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOWFALL TOTALS...12 TO 22 INCHES.

* MAIN IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND CONSIDERABLE DEEP DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY AT PASS LEVEL AND EXPOSED AREAS. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

* AFFECTED AREAS: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, AND OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP SOME FOOD, WATER, AND AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1.