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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID

December 26, 2008

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this blizzard warning at Dec 26, 2008, 3:09 AM MST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2008, 3:09 AM MST (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2008, 7:37 AM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS45 KPIH 261009
WSWPIH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
309 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

IDZ019-020-261700-
/O.NEW.KPIH.BZ.W.0002.081226T1009Z-081226T1700Z/
UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRIGGS...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...
ST. ANTHONY...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY
309 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. 

VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE
UPPER SNAKE PLAIN AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN IS ALONG I-15 FROM NEAR DUBOIS TO MONIDA
PASS...U-S 26 FROM ISLAND PARK TO THE MONTANA BORDER AND ACROSS
THE ARCO DESERT ALONG AND NORTH OF U-S 20. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 35 MPH...REACHING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIME...THROUGH MID MORNING
WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS. THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS
TO CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SLICK ROADWAYS. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED IN THE WARNED AREA.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS45 KPIH 261437
WSWPIH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
737 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008


IDZ019-020-261545-
/O.CAN.KPIH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1700Z/
UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRIGGS...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...
ST. ANTHONY...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY
737 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND WINDS HAVE LESSENED THIS
MORNING. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING CONDITIONS MAY STILL EXIST TODAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY
STILL BE DIFFICULT OR THERE MAY BE ROAD CONDITIONS. FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON ROAD CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT 1-888-IDA-ROAD OR SIMPLY DIAL 511
IF YOU ARE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.