NWS Pocatello IDSV.W 0050September 17, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bingham, Butte and Jefferson, ID
The National Weather Service office in Pocatello issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bingham, Butte and Jefferson in Idaho, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on September 17. It was the 50th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Pocatello issued in 2026. Idaho had 16 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 7 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Idaho's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 47 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pocatello ID
- Area
- Bingham, Butte and Jefferson
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:43 p.m. MDT, September 17, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. MDT, September 17, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPIH SV.W 0050
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRPIH The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Idaho... Southeastern Butte County in southeastern Idaho... Northwestern Bingham County in southeastern Idaho... * Until 330 PM MDT. * At 242 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Southwest Inl, or 20 miles southeast of Arco, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Atomic City, Central Inl, Southeast Inl, Southwest Inl, East Butte, and Big Southern Butte.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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