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Blowing Dust Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
758 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...BLOWING DUST IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO...

.A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OREGON HAS MERGED
WITH A COLD FRONT PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST IN SOUTHWEST
IDAHO. THE FRONT PASSED THROUGH BOISE AROUND 650 PM MDT AND
MOUNTAIN HOME AROUND 745 PM...AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN MAGIC
VALLEY AROUND 9 PM. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS NEAR 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITY TO BETWEEN ONE-HALF
MILE AND ONE MILE IN MOST AREAS...BUT LOCALLY AS LOW AS ONE-
QUARTER MILE.

IDZ014>016-030-190600-
/O.NEW.KBOI.DU.Y.0001.130619T0200Z-130619T0600Z/
UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
758 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER TREASURE VALLEY FROM MOUNTAIN HOME EAST...
THE WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY...SOUTHWEST IDAHO HIGHLANDS...AND
SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH
  AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

* VISIBILITY...GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE-HALF MILE AND ONE MILE...BUT
  LOCALLY ONE-QUARTER MILE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

* TIMING...MOUNTAIN HOME 745 PM TO 9 PM MDT...GLENNS FERRY 815 TO
  930 PM MDT...WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY 9 PM TO MIDNIGHT MDT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

&&

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
604 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

IDZ014>016-028-030-191215-
UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
CAMAS PRAIRIE-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
604 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY..

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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