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Teton County Emergency Management
Wednesday January 11th, 2017 :: 09:37 p.m. MST

Advisory

Avalanche Warning until 04:00AM Thursday

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER. THE FOREST SERVICE BRIDGER TETON AVALANCHE CENTER IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH. AFFECTED AREA...NORTHWEST WYOMING INCLUDING YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, TOGWOTEE PASS AREA AND THE FOLLOWING RANGES...TETON, SNAKE RIVER, SALT RIVER, WYOMING, WEST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO INCLUDING THE WEBSTER, PREUSS, CARIBOU, SNAKE RIVER AND BIG HOLE RANGES. AVALANCHE DANGER...THE AVALANCHE HAZARD IS HIGH TO EXTREME. REASONS/IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE CREATED VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS. VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE AVALANCHES ARE CERTAIN IN MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS...AVOID ALL AVALANCHE TERRAIN. AVALANCHES MAY RUN LONG DISTANCES AND CAN RUN INTO MATURE FORESTS, VALLEY FLOORS OR FLAT TERRAIN. SIMILAR AVALANCHE HAZARDS MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE COVERAGE AREA OF THIS OR ANY OTHER AVALANCHE CENTER. CONSULT HTTP://JHAVALANCHE.ORG/ FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

* AFFECTED AREAS: JACKSON HOLE ... TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS ... YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Address/Location
Teton County Emergency Management
3240 Adams Canyon Dr
Jackson, WY 83001

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 307-733-9572

Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Avalanche Warning

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