Winter Storm Warning issued October 10 at 1:38PM MDT until October 12 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS Billings MT

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* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 10 and 18 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains and Crazy Mountains. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to noon MDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Recreation in the high country will be impacted by severe winter conditions. Travel into Cooke City will be impacted. If you are heading to the high country this weekend plan for severe winter conditions. Be sure to inform someone of your plans, in case you have difficulties or become stranded in the winter conditions.

Event time

Oct 10, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

Source last updated

Oct 10, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

Current version retrieved

Oct 10, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC

Provider

NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)

Location

MT, US

Severity

Severe

area

Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains; Crazy Mountains

event

Winter Storm Warning

onset

2026-10-10T18:00:00-06:00

states

["MT"]

urgency

Expected

certainty

Likely

effective

2026-10-10T13:38:00-06:00

message id

urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.278ab925530cb24c25021d69d792f33b6df7d31f.002.1

references

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instruction

If you are heading to the high country this weekend plan for severe winter conditions. Be sure to inform someone of your plans, in case you have difficulties or become stranded in the winter conditions.

message type

Update

freshness minutes

60

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