Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
618 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

IDZ051-054-055-058-160045-
Eastern Magic Valley ID-Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-
Shoshone/Lava Beds ID-Lower Snake River Plain ID-
618 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...NORTHWESTERN
BANNOCK...NORTHERN POWER AND SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
645 PM MDT...

At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Chubbuck to 10 miles west of Aberdeen. Movement
was north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Neeley, American Falls
Reservoir, Chubbuck, Aberdeen, Fort Hall Buffalo Lodge, Fort Hall
Eagle Lodge, Fort Hall Lincoln Creek Lodge, Portneuf Gap, Fort Hall
Townsite, Springfield, Rockford, Fort Hall Bannock Creek Lodge,
Pingree, Pocatello Airport, Fort Hall Putnam Lodge, and Sterling.

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 4321 11212 4323 11311 4273 11313 4272 11236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 196DEG 30KT 4293 11243 4293 11304

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

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