NWS Pocatello IDSV.W 0036August 22, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bannock, Bingham, Caribou and 1 more, ID
The National Weather Service office in Pocatello issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bannock, Bingham, Caribou and 1 more in Idaho, which was in force until 3:15 p.m. local time on August 22. It was the 36th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Pocatello issued in 2026. Idaho had 13 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 26 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Idaho's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pocatello ID
- Area
- Bannock, Bingham, Caribou and 1 more
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:12 p.m. MDT, August 22, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. MDT, August 22, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPIH SV.W 0036
- 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... Northwestern Caribou County in southeastern Idaho... Northwestern Bannock County in southeastern Idaho... Northeastern Power County in southeastern Idaho... South central Bingham County in southeastern Idaho... * Until 315 PM MDT. * At 211 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pocatello Airport, moving northeast at 20 mph. Another severe thunderstorm was over the city of Pocatello, also moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated and mesonet observations. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls Reservoir, Chubbuck, Fort Hall Buffalo Lodge, Rose, Fort Hall Eagle Lodge, Fort Hall Townsite, Fort Hall Mount Putnam, Fort Hall Bannock Creek Lodge, Pocatello Airport, Fort Hall Putnam Lodge, and Groveland.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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