WFO BOISE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, March 3, 2018
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AVALANCHE WARNING
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST
SERVICE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER.
…THE FOREST SERVICE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER IN KETCHUM HAS
ISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING…
* TIMING…IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM SATURDAY MARCH 3RD.
* AFFECTED AREA…FOR THE SOLDIER…SMOKY…PIONEER…BOULDER…
WHITE CLOUD…AND SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS NEAR
FAIRFIELD…HAILEY…KETCHUM…GALENA SUMMIT…SMILEY CREEK…AND
STANLEY.
* AVALANCHE DANGER…THE AVALANCHE DANGER FOR THE WARNING AREA IS
HIGH.
* REASON/IMPACTS…HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WIND ARE COMBINING TO
OVERLOAD A WEAK SNOWPACK. WIDESPREAD AVALANCHING WILL OCCUR.
PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE
TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. VERY LARGE AVALANCHES CAPABLE OF
SNAPPING TREES ARE LIKELY. SLIDES MAY RUN LONG DISTANCES, IN TO
FLAT AREAS, AND INTO MATURE FORESTS. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM
BELOW STEEP SLOPES, STEEPER THAN ABOUT 30 DEGREES.
CONSULT WWW.SAWTOOTHAVALANCHE.COM OR WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.
SIMILAR AVALANCHE DANGER MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE
COVERAGE AREA OF THIS OR ANY AVALANCHE CENTER.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST
SERVICE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER.
…THE FOREST SERVICE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER IN KETCHUM HAS
ISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING…
* TIMING…IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM SATURDAY MARCH 3RD.
* AFFECTED AREA…FOR THE SOLDIER…SMOKY…PIONEER…BOULDER…
WHITE CLOUD…AND SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS NEAR
FAIRFIELD…HAILEY…KETCHUM…GALENA SUMMIT…SMILEY CREEK…AND
STANLEY.
* AVALANCHE DANGER…THE AVALANCHE DANGER FOR THE WARNING AREA IS
HIGH.
* REASON/IMPACTS…HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WIND ARE COMBINING TO
OVERLOAD A WEAK SNOWPACK. WIDESPREAD AVALANCHING WILL OCCUR.
PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE
TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. VERY LARGE AVALANCHES CAPABLE OF
SNAPPING TREES ARE LIKELY. SLIDES MAY RUN LONG DISTANCES, IN TO
FLAT AREAS, AND INTO MATURE FORESTS. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM
BELOW STEEP SLOPES, STEEPER THAN ABOUT 30 DEGREES.
CONSULT WWW.SAWTOOTHAVALANCHE.COM OR WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.
SIMILAR AVALANCHE DANGER MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE
COVERAGE AREA OF THIS OR ANY AVALANCHE CENTER.
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