Special Weather Statement
NWS Pocatello ID ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Blaine...West Central Power And Northeastern Cassia Counties Through 115 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1246 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles north of Malta, moving north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts in excess of 45 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Lake Walcott, Cold Water Rest Area, Massacre Rocks, Yale Rest Area, and Idahome.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Eastern Magic Valley
- Southern Hills/Albion Mountains
- Raft River Region
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pocatello ID
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Q1WSN3KNWEP6310N4J1STR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8acacccdeefd7a50d3b1e9cd1dc1b9940e0083f8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Pocatello ID
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPIH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1554
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSPIH |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KPIH 170646 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...WEST CENTRAL POWER AND NORTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T06:46:00-00:00...storm...200DEG...30KT...42.42,-113.33 |
| maxWindGust | 45 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Magic Valley
- Southern Hills/Albion Mountains
- Raft River Region
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 016013 |
| SAME | 016031 |
| SAME | 016067 |
| SAME | 016077 |
| SAME | 016071 |
| UGC | IDZ055 |
| UGC | IDZ056 |
| UGC | IDZ057 |
- Polygons
- 42.3,-113.2 42.37,-113.51 42.79,-113.4 42.71,-112.91 42.3,-113.2