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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
158 PM MDT SUN APR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...
NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
NORTHEASTERN MINIDOKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT.
* AT 157 PM MDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF CRATERS OF THE MOON TO 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE WALCOTT TO NEAR COLD WATER REST AREA, MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMERICAN FALLS, NEELEY, AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR, ABERDEEN,
ROCKLAND, COLD WATER REST AREA, FORT HALL BANNOCK PEAK,
SPRINGFIELD, FORT HALL BANNOCK CREEK LODGE, POCATELLO AIRPORT,
STERLING, PAULINE, MASSACRE ROCKS, PILAR BUTTE, AND COXS WELL
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF ON OR NEAR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR, GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT
TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4335 11282 4288 11250 4252 11244 4247 11311
4280 11319 4321 11347
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 261DEG 38KT 4315 11341 4281 11317 4255 11311
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DMH
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