Interstate 15 was closed from Idaho Falls to Roberts from 1:30 pm to 5 pm due to blowing dust caused by high winds.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Interstate 15 was closed from Idaho Falls to Roberts from 1:30 pm to 5 pm due to blowing dust caused by high winds.
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 9, 8:07 AM MST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 907 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014 .UPDATE...SAT IMAGERY SHOWS SHORTWAVE AXIS MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE INTO PANHANDLE REGION THIS MORNING. MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT BEGINNING TO APPEAR WITH GUSTS WELL OVER 40 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATION MESONET STATION IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. MODELS MAINTAIN INSTABILITY MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUS WILL CONTINUE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MENTION. SOUNDINGS SUPPORT GUSTS ROUGHLY 40MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS THE GREATER IMPACT THROUGH TODAY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SNAKE PLAIN WITH WIND SPEEDS ROUGHLY 25-30MPH. THIS IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLD BUT WITHIN BLOWING DUSTY ADVISORY THRESHOLD. AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY PICKING UP ALREADY SO BELIEVE CURRENT HEADLINE A GOOD CALL AND WILL LEAVE IN PLACE. DMH && .AVIATION...A WEAK TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF OUR AREA TODAY WILL BRING BREEZY TO MODERATE WINDS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EXPECT BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY AND SNAKE RIVER PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES SHOULD DROP SLIGHTLY BUT STILL REMAIN MVFR THIS AFTERNOON FOR BYI...PIH AND IDA. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR VICINITY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SUN AND TO A LESSER EXTENT FOR IDA. WYATT && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRI NIGHT. WEAK TROUGH PASSING TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE MONTANA AND WYOMING BORDER REGIONS. BESIDES THIS WEAK PRECIPITATION THREAT...THE TROUGH WILL BRING WINDY AND DUSTY CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA...ALONG WITH CLOUDINESS. WILL ISSUE A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FOR THE PRIMARY AG LOCATIONS. SLIGHTLY COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT BY THU THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT BUILDS IN BEHIND FOR ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF HAS BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BACK EVEN WARMER THAN TODAY BY FRI. GUSTY WIND WITH GOOD MIXING EACH AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED. ON FRI...THE NEXT UPSTREAM TROUGH MAKES ITS APPROACH WITH FIRST INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WIND. HIGHS CONTINUE FOR ALL PERIODS TO BE 10 TO 15 DEG F ABOVE NORMAL AND LOWS 5 TO 10 DEG F ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. MESSICK LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS IN AGREEMENT OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW AND PASSING OVER SE ID ON SATURDAY AND EXITING RATHER QUICKLY. THIS WILL PRODUCE BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE SNAKE PLAIN WITH A QUICK CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. MODELS DIVERGE PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER SUNDAY ALTHOUGH ARE HINTING AT ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE ON TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS POINT FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO OUR AREA. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. EP AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH WINDS PICKING UP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNSET. EP && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ017-021. BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ020. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 345 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014 IDZ017>025-031-032-100945- 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- 345 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BLOWING DUST ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SELECTED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. CHECK THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. AFTERNOON ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE AREA AND IN THE UTAH BORDER REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. IT WILL BE WINDY AGAIN WITH THIS FRONT. .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. MESSICK
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds caused blowing dust across interstate 15 and it was closed from Idaho Falls to Roberts during the afternoon of April 9th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, April 2014
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