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Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Pocatello, ID

March 8, 2009

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this winter storm warning at Mar 8, 2009, 12:11 PM MDT. It took effect at Mar 8, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 8, 2009, 12:11 PM MDT (18:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 8:03 PM MDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 8, 9:05 AM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 9:05 AM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 4:24 AM MDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
424 AM MDT SUN MAR 8 2009

IDZ017>025-031-032-091030-
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-
424 AM MDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE ALOFT SETTLES ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. A COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...HELPING TO KICK UP THE WINDS WITH SPEEDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN AND
SOUTHERN/EASTERN MOUNTAINS. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS... 1 TO 3
INCHES IS FORECAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE
HIGHLANDS...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FOR THE RES OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SLOW DOWN NEAR THE UTAH BORDER
TONIGHT. AS THIS HAPPENS...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY DROPS INTO
UTAH. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY
FOR THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND IDAHO WASATCH. 24 HOUR SNOWFALL
TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET
WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. ELSEWHERE FOR
TONIGHT...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER SNAKE
HIGHLANDS WHERE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED. WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND
IDAHO WASATCH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS
ARE UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS.

SNOW CONTINUES OFF AND ON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL PICK
UP AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND A SURFACE TROF WORKS EAST
ACROSS THE AREA.

.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.

Nearby

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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.