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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1152 AM MST SAT NOV 21 2009


IDZ018-031-221000-
/O.NEW.KPIH.WS.W.0027.091122T1200Z-091123T0000Z/
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON...HAILEY...KETCHUM...
BELLEVUE
1152 AM MST SAT NOV 21 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL IDAHO
MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF
UP TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
STORM PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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