Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
351 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

IDZ018-031-082300-
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON...HAILEY...KETCHUM...
SUN VALLEY...BELLEVUE...CAREY
351 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014

...PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED IN THE IDAHO CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...

ANOTHER ROUND OF MOIST TROPICAL AIR IS TAKING SHAPE IN THE PACIFIC
AND EXPECTED TO REACH THE IDAHO CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING
SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 8000 TO 8500 FEET OF
ELEVATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALLOWING WARM RAIN TO FALL ON MOUNTAIN
SNOW PACKS AROUND SUN VALLEY...KETCHUM...HAILEY AND STANLEY. COLD
AIR FOLLOWING A SURFACE FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING SNOW
LEVELS BACK DOWN TO ABOUT 5500 FEET OF ELEVATION. TOTAL RAIN FALL
OVER THE TWO DAYS MAY REACH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. RAIN FALLING ON
MOUNTAIN SNOW PACKS CAN BRING RAPID SNOW MELT AND RUN OFF...WITH
THE THREAT OF RISING STREAMS AND POTENTIAL MUD OR DEBRIS FLOWS ON
OLD WILDFIRE BURN SCARS. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM...GETTING THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST INFORMATION OVER THE
WEEKEND IS RECOMMENDED.

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