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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Pocatello, ID

December 16, 2012

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this high wind warning at Dec 16, 2012, 1:38 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2012, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 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 16, 2012, 1:38 PM MST (20:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2012, 3:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 17, 2012, 2:09 PM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

The text

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

759 
WWUS75 KPIH 162038
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
138 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012

...VERY STRONG DAMAGING WIND IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN
MAGIC VALLEY MONDAY...

.THE STRONGEST WINTER STORM SO FAR THIS SEASON ARRIVES EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE WIND BY 3 AM
TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...EASTERN MAGIC
VALLEY...AND THE THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO.
BY LATE MORNING...THE WIND WILL HAVE INCREASED TO 35 TO 45 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 IN SOME PLACES. WIND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CONTINUE AT VERY WINDY LEVELS
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.

IDZ017-020-021-171300-
/O.NEW.KPIH.HW.W.0008.121217T1000Z-121218T0600Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT
138 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY 3 AM. WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY BY 8
  AM AND IN THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN BY 10 AM. WIND WILL ALSO
  DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO...BUT NOT UNTIL
  AROUND 6 PM MONDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND DECREASING BACK TO 30 TO 35
  MPH BY 8 PM. WIND WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 30 MPH SUSTAINED BY 11
  PM MONODAY NIGHT.


* WINDS...WIND WILL SLOWLY INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND PEAK
  DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH AND RETURN TO 30 TO 40 MPH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY...INCLUDING
  SHOSHONE...BURLEY AND RUPERT. THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE
  INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO SUGAR CITY...NORTH OF REXBURG.
  THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON AND U S ROUTES 20 AND 26.

* IMPACTS...WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO
  HOUSES...BUILDINGS...AND TREES. HIGH WINDS CAUSE POWER OUTAGES
  DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES...AND CREATE HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW IN
  THE AREAS NORTH OF BLACKFOOT IN BINGHAM COUNTY. BLOWING DEBRIS
  WILL BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ANYONE VENTURING OUTSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
762 
WWUS75 KPIH 171046
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012

...VERY STRONG DAMAGING WIND IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN
MAGIC VALLEY TODAY...

.A POWERFUL COLD FRONT IS PRODUCING WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY... AND THE THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. BY LATE
MORNING...THE WIND WILL HAVE INCREASED TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 60 MPH IN SOME PLACES. WIND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CONTINUE AT VERY WINDY LEVELS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

IDZ017-020-021-172300-
/O.CON.KPIH.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121218T0600Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT
346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN
  MAGIC VALLEY BY 8 AM AND IN THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN BY 10
  AM. WIND WILL ALSO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN
  IDAHO...BUT NOT UNTIL AROUND 6 PM TONIGHT...WITH WIND DECREASING
  BACK TO 30 TO 35 MPH BY 8 PM. WIND WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 30 MPH
  SUSTAINED BY 11 PM TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WIND WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AT 40 TO 45
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND RETURN TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY...INCLUDING 
  SHOSHONE...BURLEY AND RUPERT. THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE 
  INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO SUGAR CITY...NORTH OF 
  REXBURG. THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON AND U S 
  ROUTES 20 AND 26. 

* IMPACTS...WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO HOUSES...
  BUILDINGS...AND TREES. HIGH WINDS CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO 
  DOWNED POWER LINES...AND CREATE HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW IN THE 
  AREAS NORTH OF BLACKFOOT IN BINGHAM COUNTY. BLOWING DEBRIS 
  WILL BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ANYONE VENTURING OUTSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
440 
WWUS75 KPIH 172109
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
209 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012

...WIND SUBSIDING OVER EASTERN IDAHO...

.WIND SPEEDS HAVE PEAKED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO...WITH
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ONLY CONTINUING IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN.
EVEN THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS
TONIGHT...WITH ONLY BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY.

IDZ020-021-180600-
/O.CAN.KPIH.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121218T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPIH.WI.Y.0035.121217T2109Z-121218T0600Z/
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...
POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT
209 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...GOING BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS BY 11 PM.

* WINDS...WIND SPEED OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...TTHE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE
  INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO SUGAR CITY...NORTH OF REXBURG.
  THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON AND U S ROUTES 20 AND
  26.

* IMPACTS...WIND SPEEDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN MAKE CONTROL OF HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES MORE DIFFICULT AND DRIVING HAZARDOUS. STRONG
  WIND OVER ANY SNOWPACK CAN PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING
  SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

IDZ017-172215-
/O.CAN.KPIH.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-121218T0600Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY
209 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WIND IN THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY IS NOW ONLY 15 TO 25 MPH. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED.

$$

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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.