Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2012, 1:50 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 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 15, 2012, 1:50 PM MST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2012, 2:13 AM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
264 WWUS45 KPIH 152050 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 150 PM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...STRONG STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IDAHO STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW...WIND...AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK...WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-161300- /O.UPG.KPIH.WS.A.0010.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.WS.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 150 PM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE THE 7000 FOOT ELEVATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THESE SAME AREAS. * TIMING...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND DIMINISH BY 5 PM MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGETOPS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGETOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020>022-024-032-161300- /O.NEW.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...OAKLEY...PRESTON...ARCO...CHALLIS... MACKAY 150 PM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. THE AIR WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT...PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...CACHE VALLEY...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION...AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MESSICK
9 follow-up statements
670 WWUS45 KPIH 161130 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 430 AM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...STRONG STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IDAHO STARTING TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW...WIND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-162330- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 430 AM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. * TIMING...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY 5 PM MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGETOPS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGETOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020>022-024-032-162330- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...OAKLEY...PRESTON...ARCO...CHALLIS... MACKAY 430 AM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT...PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...CACHE VALLEY...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION...AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
072 WWUS45 KPIH 162112 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 212 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...STRONG STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IDAHO STARTING TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW...WIND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS AND A RISK TO YOUR LIFE IF PROPER PLANNING IS NOT PERFORMED. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-170515- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 212 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM TUESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY 5 PM MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGETOPS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGETOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020-021-170515- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT 212 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO AREAS NORTH OF REXBURG...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 15 AND U S ROUTES 20 AND 26. THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ032-170515- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY 212 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CHALLIS...MACKAY...ARCO...AND DARLINGTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ022-024-170515- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 212 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MESSICK
710 WWUS45 KPIH 162129 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 229 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...STRONG STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IDAHO STARTING TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW...WIND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS AND A RISK TO YOUR LIFE IF PROPER PLANNING IS NOT PERFORMED. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-171300- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 229 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY 5 PM MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGETOPS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGETOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020-021-171300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT 229 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO AREAS NORTH OF REXBURG... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 15 AND U S ROUTES 20 AND 26. THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ032-171300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY 229 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION... INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CHALLIS...MACKAY...ARCO...AND DARLINGTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ022-024-171300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 229 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
848 WWUS45 KPIH 170207 CCA WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 654 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...STRONG STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IDAHO STARTING TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW...WIND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS AND A RISK TO YOUR LIFE IF PROPER PLANNING IS NOT PERFORMED. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-171745- /O.COR.KPIH.WS.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 654 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE THE 7000 FOOT ELEVATION...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THESE SAME AREAS. * TIMING...SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY 5 PM MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGE TOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020-021-171745- /O.COR.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT 654 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO AREAS NORTH OF REXBURG... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 15 AND U S ROUTES 20 AND 26. THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ032-171745- /O.COR.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY 654 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION... INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CHALLIS...MACKAY...ARCO...AND DARLINGTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ022-024-171745- /O.COR.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.121217T0600Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 654 PM MST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT... PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A PORTION OF THE SNOW CHANGING TO ICE WHEN IT MIXES WITH RAIN. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
021 WWUS45 KPIH 171046 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM ONGOING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO THROUGH TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND HEAVILY DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 7000 FEET. BELOW 7000 FEET...MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE COMBINATION OF RAIN...LIGHT SNOW...WIND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WILL MEAN ICY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE AT NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO HAZARDOUS AND A RISK TO YOUR LIFE IF PROPER PLANNING IS NOT PERFORMED. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-172300- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THE VALLEYS BY NOON... THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WITH A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. BELOW 7000 FEET ELEVATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. RIDGE TOP WIND WILL BE AS STRONG AS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND HEAVY DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ020-021-172300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT 346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...ONGOING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT...PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN...MAY FREEZE ON ROAD SURFACES AND OTHER OBJECTS. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...FROM THE INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION TO AREAS NORTH OF REXBURG... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 15 AND U S ROUTES 20 AND 26. THE ARCO DESERT AND CRATERS OF THE MOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ032-172300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY 346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...ONGOING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT...PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN...MAY FREEZE ON ROAD SURFACES AND OTHER OBJECTS. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION... INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CHALLIS...MACKAY...ARCO...AND DARLINGTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ022-024-172300- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 346 AM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...ONGOING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...WITH SOME PLACES CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT...PUTTING SNOW ON TOP OF AN ICY SURFACE. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN...MAY FREEZE ON ROAD SURFACES AND OTHER OBJECTS. COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
840 WWUS45 KPIH 172125 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 225 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 IDZ019-172230- /O.CAN.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- 225 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE INTENSE SNOW FALL HAS ENDED IN THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 INCHES AT ISLAND PARK TO 18 INCHES AT THE 7700 FOOT ELEVATION. $$ IDZ020-021-032-172230- /O.CAN.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY 225 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT HAS DECREASED CONSIDERABLY. THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN HAS SEEN MUCH OF THE SNOW PARTIALLY MELT. THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION...INCLUDING ARCO AND CHALLIS...HAS SEEN SNOW END FOR THE MOST PART. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THIS AREA ARE CANCELED. $$ IDZ018-023-025-031-181200- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 225 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN STRONGLY TAPER OFF AT THAT TIME. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND AND SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AS ROADWAYS QUICKLY DRIFT OVER IN DEEP SNOW. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS...AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS. EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION FOR WARNING CONDITIONS AND BELOW 7000 FEET FOR ADVISORY CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY UNDERGO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO BRIEF HIGH SNOWFALL RATES AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ022-024-181200- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 225 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES TURN COLDER. MOST SNOWFALL WILL END BY MIDNIGHT WITH LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER THAT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MESSICK
932 WWUS45 KPIH 180205 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 705 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 IDZ018-181015- /O.CAN.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON 705 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE IDAHO CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AROUND STANLEY AND CLAYTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE AND PACKED SNOW ON ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ031-180315- /O.CAN.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 705 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DECREASED TO A FEW SHOWERS WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ IDZ023-025-181015- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- 705 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE THE 7000 FOOT ELEVATION...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THESE SAME AREAS. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN STRONGLY TAPER OFF AT THAT TIME. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND AND SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AS ROADWAYS QUICKLY DRIFT OVER IN DEEP SNOW. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS...AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION FOR WARNING CONDITIONS AND BELOW 7000 FEET FOR ADVISORY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ022-024-181015- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 705 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER THAT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
277 WWUS45 KPIH 180525 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1025 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 IDZ023-025-181200- /O.CON.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- 1025 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE THE 7000 FOOT ELEVATION...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THESE SAME AREAS. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN STRONGLY TAPER OFF AT THAT TIME. * MAIN IMPACT...WIND AND SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AS ROADWAYS QUICKLY DRIFT OVER IN DEEP SNOW. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7000 FEET IN THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS...AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION FOR WARNING CONDITIONS AND BELOW 7000 FEET FOR ADVISORY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ022-024-181200- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...PRESTON 1025 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER THAT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE CACHE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PRESTON AND U S ROUTE 91 GOING TO UTAH. THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF OAKLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ018-181200- /O.CON.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON 1025 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE IDAHO CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AROUND STANLEY AND CLAYTON. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE AND PACKED SNOW ON ROADS WILL REQUIRE LONGER DRIVE TIMES TO NAVIGATE SAFELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
579 WWUS45 KPIH 180913 WSWPIH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 213 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012 IDZ023-025-181015- /O.CAN.KPIH.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- 213 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ IDZ018-022-024-181015- /O.CAN.KPIH.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121218T1200Z/ SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON...OAKLEY...PRESTON 213 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. $$
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 Dec 15, 8:49 AM MST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 8:49 AM MST, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 849 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 .UPDATE...STILL EXPECTING SOME LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT AND SUN. AND CURRENT FORECAST SUPPORTS THE BEGINNING OF HEAVY SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT SUN NIGHT...SO WILL ADJUST WINTER STORM WATCH TO START EARLIER ON SUN NIGHT. THE 15/06Z GFS AND NEW 15/12Z NAM BOTH SUPPORT THE SLIGHTLY EARLIER START AS WELL. SO...IF THE 15/12Z GUIDANCE STAYS CONSISTENT WITH ITS PREDECESSOR...WILL ADJUST THE HAZARD START TIME. OTHERWISE DO NOT SEE ANY FURTHER CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. WILL WAIT UNTIL THE NEW GFS WRAPS UP...AROUND 1000 AM TODAY. MESSICK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 242 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOCUS OF SHORT TERM WILL BE TWO SYSTEMS THAT WILL MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE REGION...ONE WILL PASS THROUGH ON SUNDAY AND THE SECOND ON MONDAY. THE FIRST IS AN UPPER SHORTWAVE THAT WILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING STRONG ENOUGH FORCING TO BRING SOME MODERATE SNOWFALL TO CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS WITH THE SNAKE PLAIN ALSO EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES. MODELS ALSO INDICATE A PUSH OF WARM AIR ADVECTION OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WHICH WILL PRECEDE THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH APPEARS TO CONTAIN A STRONGER PUNCH WITH REGARDS TO SNOWFALL AND WINDS. MODELS ARE BRINGING A SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA VIA A STRONGER MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET. HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SYSTEM ON MONDAY AS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 10 TO 15 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FT DURING THE EVENT. MODELS INDICATE POSSIBLE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ON MONDAY AS WELL. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS THE EVENT APPROACHES...AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CURRENT HEADLINES. HINSBERGER LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THURSDAY. WEAK RIDGE EARLY TUESDAY BREAKS DOWN TO RAPIDLY MOVING AND MODERATELY AMPLIFIED TROUGH WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF GUIDANCE BOTH AGREE ON SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPS FOR TUESDAY SO PUSHED TEMPS DOWN REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE AT THIS TIME. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS INDICATED BEHIND THE TROUGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO COASTAL STATES. SOME UNCERTAINTY SETS IN BY THURSDAY WITH MODELS BEGINNING TO DIVERGE ON DEPTH OF TROUGH OVER MIDWEST AND DEPTH OF DEVELOPING DEEP PACIFIC TROUGH. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE DEVELOPING ACROSS ROCKIES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST BY THURSDAY BUT POSITION AND STRENGTH OF RIDGE AXIS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE WEEKEND WITH ECMWF RETROGRADING THE RIDGE AXIS BACK TOWARD THE COASTAL STATES INTO THE WEEKEND. OVERALL THE RIDGE PATTERN INDICATES COLD AND DRY CONDITIONS. KEPT TEMPS TRENDED CLOSE TO CLIMO IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO GFS TROUGH BUT PUSHED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER ELSEWHERE AS A NOD TO RETROGRADING ECMWF. DMH AVIATION...UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO TRANSITION ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO TODAY SO EXPECT A CONTINUED MIX BAG OF CONDITIONS. SFC OBSERVATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOW A MIX OF MAINLY VFR/MVFR WITH MID CLOUD DECK SPREAD OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS. COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AS TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH...BUT LOW STRATUS IFR NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION AROUND SUNRISE AS PER RECENT MORNINGS. LOCALLY BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY THROUGH THE SNAKE PLAIN. RIDGE THIS EVENING LIKELY TO PRODUCE A ROUND OF MID LEVEL CLEARING WITH MVFR STRATUS THIS EVENING BUT NEXT SHORTWAVE QUICKLY MOVES IN WITH SNOW ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY 06Z AND THEN ACROSS REST OF THE REGION REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. LOOK FOR SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR MIXED CONDITIONS BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT IDZ018-019-023-025-031. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:27 AM MST, 9 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 427 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 IDZ017-020>022-024-032-161130- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 427 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS...VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. .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. IDZ018-019-023-025-031-161130- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 427 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT WITH MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 10 TO 15 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FT. .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
Local storm report, Dec 15, 8:28 AM MST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
828 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 1 W VICTOR 43.60N 111.13W
12/15/2012 M2.0 INCH TETON ID TRAINED SPOTTER
OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATION. STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF
OBSERVATION. ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY 6200 FEET.
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JMESSICKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 7:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bonneville, Caribou, Franklin, Madison and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:11 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PIH | 11 hr | |
| Dec 15, 1:50 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 60 hr |
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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.