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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 20, 2009

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this freeze warning at May 20, 2009, 2:31 PM MDT. It took effect at May 21, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 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
May 20, 2009, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 21, 2009, 8:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at May 20, 2:04 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:04 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:52 AM MDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
352 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2009

IDZ017>025-031-032-211000-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
352 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE SNAKE RIVER
PLAIN. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AMERICAN FALLS
RESERVOIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE
LATE EVENING.

PERSISTENT WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE SPEED UP SNOW MELT ACROSS
EASTERN IDAHO. AS A RESULT...HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE FORECAST ON
SOME WATERWAYS. THE LATEST FORECASTS HAVE THE HENRYS FORK RIVER
NEAR REXBURG RISING NEAR BANKFULL AT REXBURG TONIGHT...BEFORE
FALLING BELOW BANKFULL ON FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE AS WARM
TEMPERATURES PRODUCE CONTINUED SNOWMELT IN HIGHER TERRAIN. PLEASE
MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR HIGHER
LEVELS AND POSSIBLE FAST MOVING WATER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 3:34 AM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryPIH5 hr
May 20, 8:57 AM MDTWind AdvisoryPIH12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Idaho, 2009Every freeze warning in 2009

Sources

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