407  
WWUS20 KWNS 232125  
SEL9  
SPC WW 232125  
IDZ000-UTZ000-WYZ000-240400-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 619  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
330 PM MDT SUN AUG 23 2026  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEAST IDAHO  
NORTHERN UTAH  
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL  
1000 PM MDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75  
MPH POSSIBLE  
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING  
AS A MIX OF CELLS AND CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE OUTFLOW  
GUSTS OF 60-75 MPH AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN  
DIAMETER.  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70  
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST  
OF POCATELLO ID TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALT LAKE CITY UT. FOR A  
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE  
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE  
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE  
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE  
TORNADOES.  
 
 
 
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 617...WW 618...  
 
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO  
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A  
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR  
25030.  
 
...THOMPSON  
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