Non-Precipitation Warnings / Watches / Advisories
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
343 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE SNAKE PLAIN AND ARCO DESERT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE
ARCO DESERT AND AREAS BETWEEN DUBOIS...IDAHO FALLS...POCATELLO
AND THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
COLD FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH IDAHO FALLS AND POCATELLO
UNTIL AROUND 7 PM MDT...THUS WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN THE
MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND PERSIST UNTIL ALMOST MIDNIGHT.

IDZ020-021-132100-
/O.CON.KPIH.WI.Y.0018.130513T1900Z-130514T0500Z/
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...
POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT
343 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...1 PM MDT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...THE ARCO DESERT...DUBOIS...IDAHO FALLS...
  POCATELLO AND THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS ON US ROUTES 20 AND 26
  BETWEEN IDAHO FALLS AND ARCO...STATE ROUTES 28 AND 33 THROUGH
  THE MUD LAKE AREA...AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN
  IDAHO FALLS AND DUBOIS.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS WILL HAMPER BOATING
  ACTIVITIES ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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