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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Pocatello, ID

January 19, 2012

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this winter storm watch at Jan 19, 2012, 3:23 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2012, 3:23 AM MST (10:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2012, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 20, 2012, 2:25 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 18, 1:37 PM MST, 13 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 1:37 PM MST, 13 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:00 AM MST, 23 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
400 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

IDZ017>025-031-032-191300-
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-
400 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST IDAHO TODAY.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. RISING SNOW
LEVELS WITHIN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN WILL SERVE TO HAMPER HEAVY
ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND WIND
COULD PRODUCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A SERIES OF WINTER STORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST IDAHO THROUGH THE
PERIOD. INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING THROUGH OR RECREATING WITHIN SOUTHEAST
IDAHO SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECAST BEFORE
VENTURING OUT.

.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
Jan 19, 3:23 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPIH15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2012Every winter storm watch in 2012

Sources

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