Special Weather Statement
NWS Pocatello ID ยท US
Details
Thunderstorms With Winds Over 45 Mph...Heavy Rain...And Small Hail Will Impact Caribou...Northeastern Oneida...Eastern Bannock...Southeastern Power...Northern Franklin...Bear Lake And Southeastern Bingham Counties Through 900 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 826 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of Arimo to near Thatcher to 7 miles southeast of Dingle. Movement was northeast at 50 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts in excess of 45 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated and mesonet observations.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Soda Springs, Montpelier, McCammon, Lava Hot Springs, Blackfoot Reservoir, Swanlake, Chesterfield Reservoir, Bear Lake Idaho Portion, Grace, Downey, Georgetown, Arimo, Saint Charles, Dingle, Thatcher, Henry, Oneida Narrows Reservoir, Virginia, Chesterfield, and Paris.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Marsh and Arbon Highlands
- Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region
- Bear River Range
- Bear Lake Valley
- Blackfoot Mountains
- Caribou Range
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pocatello ID
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TEPG5N9N7YT25AQ3XRJA58
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.95c26860be8e32eb6bb09416c06d6756a1abacf0.001.1
- 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.3536
- 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 181428 |
| NWSheadline | THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS OVER 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL WILL IMPACT CARIBOU...NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA...EASTERN BANNOCK...SOUTHEASTERN POWER...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...BEAR LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T14:26:00-00:00...storm...228DEG...44KT...42.55,-112.32 42.47,-111.74 42.13,-111.2 |
| maxWindGust | 45 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Marsh and Arbon Highlands
- Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region
- Bear River Range
- Bear Lake Valley
- Blackfoot Mountains
- Caribou Range
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 016005 |
| SAME | 016011 |
| SAME | 016029 |
| SAME | 016077 |
| SAME | 016041 |
| SAME | 016071 |
| SAME | 016007 |
| SAME | 016019 |
| UGC | IDZ058 |
| UGC | IDZ059 |
| UGC | IDZ060 |
| UGC | IDZ061 |
| UGC | IDZ062 |
| UGC | IDZ063 |
- Polygons
- 42.0,-111.24 42.0,-111.4 42.23,-111.85 42.44,-112.54 43.06,-111.96 42.93,-111.13 42.85,-111.04 42.1,-111.05 42.0,-111.24