Special Weather Statement
NWS Pocatello ID ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Jefferson... Northwestern Bannock...Western Bonneville And Western Bingham Counties Through 915 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 824 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Taber, or 19 miles west of Blackfoot, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts in excess of 35 mph and nickel 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... Blackfoot, eastern American Falls Reservoir, Firth, Rose, Fort Hall Eagle Lodge, Taber, Springfield, Rockford, Moreland, Pingree, Groveland, Basalt, Sterling, East Butte, and Wapello.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Arco/Mud Lake Desert
- Upper Snake River Plain
- Lower Snake River Plain
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pocatello ID
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S5B15KE5Y9QKA5M5C1YGM1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d829dc6e97002459489f0a9a75638fd55a385d05.001.1
- 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.3456
- 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 180225 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON... NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK...WESTERN BONNEVILLE AND WESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T02:24:00-00:00...storm...197DEG...22KT...43.22,-112.72 |
| maxWindGust | 35 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Arco/Mud Lake Desert
- Upper Snake River Plain
- Lower Snake River Plain
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 016011 |
| SAME | 016019 |
| SAME | 016023 |
| SAME | 016051 |
| SAME | 016043 |
| SAME | 016065 |
| SAME | 016005 |
| SAME | 016077 |
| UGC | IDZ052 |
| UGC | IDZ053 |
| UGC | IDZ054 |
- Polygons
- 43.65,-112.58 43.29,-112.09 42.93,-112.72 43.23,-112.89 43.65,-112.58