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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Pocatello, ID

November 11, 2011

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this high wind watch at Nov 11, 2011, 3:56 AM MST. It took effect at Nov 12, 2011, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2011, 3:56 AM MST (10:56 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 12, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Nov 11, 2011, 2:08 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 11, 3:19 AM MST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:19 AM MST, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 3:40 AM MST, 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
340 AM MST FRI NOV 11 2011

IDZ017>025-031-032-121045-
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-
340 AM MST FRI NOV 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN IDAHO TONIGHT.
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS
EVENING...THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST QUICKLY TOWARD SUNRISE. WHERE SNOW
OCCURS ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...A SMALL WINDOW OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP
ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH 20-35 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
10-20 MPH IN THE VALLEYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SNAKE PLAIN AND POINTS SOUTH AND
EAST ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-35 MPH
WILL BE COMMON...WITH WINDS OF 40MPH AND POSSIBLY HIGHER ACROSS
THE SNAKE PLAIN AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. THIS IS WHERE A HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN RANGES OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS.
THESE AREAS WILL SEE 2-6 INCHES OF SNOW. FOR OTHER MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS...1-3 INCHES IS FORECAST. FOR THE SNAKE PLAIN...AN INCH OR
LESS IS FORECAST ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BENCHES WILL
SEE UP TO 2 INCHES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS LIKELY
MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WE WILL SEE PERIODIC WAVES OF RAIN AND SNOW...MAINLY AFFECTING THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 11, 3:46 AM MST, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 11, 2:08 PM MST	High Wind Warning	PIH	23 hr
Nov 11, 2:08 PM MST	Wind Advisory	PIH	26 hr
Nov 11, 2:09 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PIH	20 hr
Nov 11, 2:09 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PIH	24 hr

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Sources

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