HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 407 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
402 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009
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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-
402 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES MAY RETURN AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
.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.
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WIND CHILL WARNING
Issue Date: 348 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM MST MON DEC 07 2009

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY.
EFFECTIVE CHILL TEMPERATURES...A COMBINATION OF THE AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE AND THE WIND SPEED...HAVE BEEN RANGING FROM FIFTEEN
BELOW ZERO TO TWENTY FIVE BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO COOL UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...SO THAT EVEN
MORE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS OF TWENTY BELOW OR COLDER.
AT THIS TIME...THE MAJOR URBAN AREAS OF EASTERN IDAHO WILL ESCAPE
THE EXTREME COLD. AREAS FROM IDAHO FALLS...THEN SOUTHWARD AND
WESTWARD TO THE TOWN OF BURLEY...WILL NOT REACH THE TWENTY BELOW
ZERO WIND CHILL MARK. THE CITIES OF BLACKFOOT...POCATELLO...AND
AMERICAN FALLS SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE EXTREME COLD EXPECTED
ELSEWHERE IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY.
HOWEVER...OUTLYING TOWNS LIKE PICABO...CAREY...ARCO...HOWE...MUD
LAKE...TERRETON...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...DRIGGS...MCCAMMON...MALAD
CITY...SODA SPRINGS...MONTPELIER...AND ST CHARLES WILL LIKELY SEE
AT LEAST AN HOUR OR TWO THIS MORNING OF WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
COLDER THAN TWENTY BELOW ZERO.
EFFECTIVE CHILL TEMPERATURE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY WARM BY 10 AM THIS
MORNING...WITH MOST WIND CHILLS IN THE AFFECTED AREA RISING WELL
ABOVE THE TWENTY BELOW ZERO MARK. NO AREAS SHOULD BE AFFECTED
AFTER NOON TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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