Strong winds caused blowing dust to close interstate 15 from Idaho Falls to Roberts from 1:30 through 6 pm.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Strong winds caused blowing dust to close interstate 15 from Idaho Falls to Roberts from 1:30 through 6 pm.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 15, 2:08 AM MST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 308 AM MDT TUE APR 15 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING CLOUD COVER OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM THIS MORNING. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WE WILL SHOWERS AND EVEN A LONE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS AS THE MAIN PART OF THE SYSTEM AND THE COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH.N SNOW LEVELS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 5500 AND 7000FT BUT ANY RAIN/SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT. THE BIGGER IMPACT WILL LIKELY COME FROM STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST/SAND. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN AND ALSO EMPTYING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. STRONGER SOUTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY MORE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL OVERTAKE EASTERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF THE SNAKE PLAIN...MAGIC VALLEY AND INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME STRONG WINDS IN THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AREAS EAST OF I-15 AND ALSO EMPTYING OUT OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INTO THE ARCO DESERT/INL AREA. WE DECIDED TO LEAVE THOSE AREAS OUT OF THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY DUE TO THE SMALL AREA BEING AFFECTED. HOWEVER...WE DID EXPAND THE WIND ADVISORY ALREADY OUT THERE TO INCLUDE THE UPPER PLAIN. WINDS OVERALL MAY BE A TAD LIGHTER BUT WILL BE ENOUGH OF AN ISSUE AS WELL AS BLOWING DUST AND SAND NORTH OF IDAHO FALLS TO REXBURG TOWARD THE SAND DUNES. WINDS SHOULD DIE DOWN QUICKLY BUT REMAIN BREEZY AFTER SUNSET. THE PATTERN QUICKLY TRANSITIONS TO NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AND WE SHOULD SEE A BRIEF RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILD ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SOME INCREASE IN COVERAGE TOMORROW FOR THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY TOWARD ISLAND PARK AND CHALLIS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT...REBOUNDING TO 5500-6000FT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO HIGH PRESSURE FOR THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH EXPECT SOME CLOUDS A FEW SHOWERS STILL CLOSER TO ISLAND PARK MOST LIKELY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TOMORROW BEHIND THE FRONT BUT WARM BACK UP INTO THE 60S FOR MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS FOR THURSDAY. KEYES .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE TROUGH. LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER WILL HANG AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND AND PERHAPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS SLOWING DOWN THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. TEMPS LOOK TO BE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST. VALLE && .AVIATION...A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT GUSTY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY. NOT MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH SO MOST OF THE SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS. VFR CONDITIONS FORECASTED AT ALL TAF SITES TODAY. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ017-020>022. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 348 AM MDT TUE APR 15 2014 IDZ017>025-031-032-161000- 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- 348 AM MDT TUE APR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS TO MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN IDAHO. 15-30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MANY MOUNTAINOUS AREAS TODAY. 25-40 MPH WINDS SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN...MAGIC VALLEY...SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND A FEW ADJACENT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THESE AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INCLUDING IMPACTS DUE TO BLOWING DUST OR SAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. HIGHER CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY...FRIDAY AND PERHAPS INTO SATURDAY. .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.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds caused blowing dust to close interstate 15 from Idaho Falls to Roberts from 1:30 through 6 pm.
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