Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
623 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024

IDZ052>054-058-290045-
Arco/Mud Lake Desert ID-Upper Snake River Plain ID-
Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-Lower Snake River Plain ID-
623 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN
BANNOCK...NORTHEASTERN POWER...NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE AND CENTRAL
BINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM MDT...

At 621 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers near
Pocatello on I-86 moving east...

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Expect blowing dust which could reduce
         visibilities.

Locations impacted include...
Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls Reservoir, Chubbuck, Firth, Fort
Hall Buffalo Lodge, Rose, Fort Hall Eagle Lodge, Fort Hall Lincoln
Creek Lodge, Taber, Portneuf Gap, Fort Hall Townsite, Springfield,
Rockford, Moreland, Fort Hall Mount Putnam, Fort Hall Bannock Creek
Lodge, Pingree, Pocatello Airport, and Fort Hall Putnam Lodge.

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 4271 11271 4335 11280 4364 11215 4283 11216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 240DEG 49KT 4329 11227

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...45 MPH

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