WWUS85 KPIH 122012 SPSPIH Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pocatello ID 212 PM MDT Sun Apr 12 2026 IDZ058>063-122100- Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region ID-Bear Lake Valley ID- Bear River Range ID-Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-Caribou Range ID- Blackfoot Mountains ID- 212 PM MDT Sun Apr 12 2026 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CARIBOU...SOUTHEASTERN BANNOCK... EASTERN FRANKLIN AND BEAR LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM MDT... At 212 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds along a line extending from Bear Lake to 6 miles northwest of Lava Hot Springs. Movement was northeast 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... Soda Springs, Montpelier, McCammon, Lava Hot Springs, Blackfoot Reservoir, Bear Lake Idaho Portion, Grace, Georgetown, Saint Charles, Dingle, Thatcher, Henry, Oneida Narrows Reservoir, Chesterfield, Paris, Bloomington, Bern, Minnetonka Cave, Ovid, and Border Summit. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. If on or near Bear Lake, 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 4200 11105 4200 11169 4271 11227 4301 11167 4269 11104 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 228DEG 29KT 4194 11136 4270 11208 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ AMM