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Blowing snow causing whiteout, severe driving conditions in north-central Montana

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(UPDATE, 11:10 a.m.) The Montana Department of Transportation has reported that Secondary Highway 427 from Raynesford to the junction with U.S. Highway 89 is closed.

MDT also reported severe driving conditions for several areas including almost all of Highway 87 from Great Falls to Moore.

U.S. Highway 200 from Bowman’s Corner to Interstate 15 is also under a severe driving conditions alert as well as Interstate 15 between Craig and Ulm and Vaughn and Brady.


(1st Report, 10:24 a.m.) The Montana Department of Transportation is reporting several areas of nearly whiteout conditions along north-central Montana’s highways Saturday morning.

MDT reports that blowing and drifting snow is reducing visibility on roadways along the Rocky Mountain Front.

Alerts for severe driving conditions have been issued for I-15 including between Vaughn and Brady.

Light-to-moderate snow is moving through Central Montana. Areas of isolated snow are up to 50 mph gusts.

The National Weather Service reported that snow and blowing snow could linger into the afternoon and continue to push southward.

The area is still under a Winter Weather Advisory until 5 p.m.

With another snow storm expected over the weekend, travel will continue to be impacted.

You can follow our STORMTracker Weather page for up-to-date information about weather conditions.

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