651
WWUS85 KPIH 160248
SPSPIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
848 PM MDT SAT AUG 15 2026
IDZ051>055-058-068-069-160345-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY ID-ARCO/MUD LAKE DESERT ID-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ID-MARSH AND ARBON HIGHLANDS ID-
SHOSHONE/LAVA BEDS ID-LOST RIVER RANGE ID-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ID-
LOST RIVER VALLEYS ID-
848 PM MDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN BLAINE
SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK...SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE...NORTH CENTRAL
POWER...NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE AND BINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM
MDT...
AT 847 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRATERS OF THE MOON TO 11
MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST INL TO 14 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACKFOOT, AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR, ABERDEEN, ATOMIC CITY, FORT HALL
BUFFALO LODGE, ROSE, FORT HALL EAGLE LODGE, CENTRAL INL, SOUTHWEST
INL, TABER, SOUTHEAST INL, FORT HALL TOWNSITE, SPRINGFIELD, ROCKFORD,
MORELAND, PINGREE, GROVELAND, BUTTE CITY, STERLING, AND EAST BUTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH
CHOP.
REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 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 4389 11282 4368 11235 4350 11222 4309 11221
4280 11299 4314 11300 4332 11313 4349 11352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 237DEG 28KT 4347 11340 4334 11310 4316 11297
4290 11296
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...35 MPH
MESSICK
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