Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
619 PM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

IDZ054-300100-
Lower Snake River Plain ID-
619 PM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

...A THUNDERSTORM AND OUTFLOW WINDS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
BANNOCK...NORTH CENTRAL POWER AND SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES
THROUGH 700 PM MDT...

At 615 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm and outflow
winds 7 miles west of Aberdeen, or 11 miles northwest of American
Falls, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
American Falls, American Falls Reservoir, 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 4281 11293 4307 11271 4299 11255 4277 11288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 295DEG 13KT 4293 11298

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...35 MPH

$$

Cropp