815
WWUS55 KPIH 171721
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1021 AM MST WED DEC 17 2025
IDC005-007-011-013-019-029-031-041-071-077-171745-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-251217T1745Z/
BLAINE ID-CARIBOU ID-ONEIDA ID-BANNOCK ID-POWER ID-BONNEVILLE ID-
FRANKLIN ID-BEAR LAKE ID-BINGHAM ID-CASSIA ID-
1021 AM MST WED DEC 17 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM MST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...CARIBOU...NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA...BANNOCK...
POWER...SOUTHEASTERN BONNEVILLE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN
BEAR LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM AND NORTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTIES...
AT 1019 AM MST, A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT
HALL PUTNAM LODGE TO IDAHOME, MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND MESONET OBSERVATIONS. MULTIPLE
OBSERVATIONS OF 60 TO 85 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
LINE OF STORMS.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POCATELLO, AMERICAN FALLS, SODA SPRINGS, MCCAMMON, LAVA HOT SPRINGS,
SWANLAKE, NEELEY, CHESTERFIELD RESERVOIR, BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR, WAYAN,
AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR, CHUBBUCK, GRACE, INKOM, DOWNEY, GEORGETOWN,
ARIMO, ROCKLAND, THATCHER, AND FORT HALL PUTNAM LODGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH EXTREME WIND SPEEDS
EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
LAT...LON 4252 11349 4317 11215 4322 11111 4215 11149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 270DEG 63KT 4283 11215
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
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