This Severe Thunderstorm is Set to Hit Southern Idaho Tonight

The National Weather Service is reporting a severe storm heading toward most of Southern Idaho this evening.

The report warns residents to be prepared for a severe thunderstorm to hit 18 counties in Southern Idaho.

Southern Idaho Preparing For Sever Thunderstorm 468 on Wednesday Evening

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9 PM tonight, June 26th. The 18 counties included in the storm area are in south central, southeast, southwest, and central Idaho. They include:

• Gooding
• Jerome
• Boise
• Camas
• Canyon
• Elmore
• Gem
• Payette
• Valley
• Ada
• Blaine
• Butte
• Custer
• Lincoln
• Minidoka
• Bannock
• Bingham
• Power

Cities affected by the storm watch include:

• Atlanta
• Aberdeen
• American Falls
• Arco
• Bellevue
• Blackfoot
• Boise
• Caldwell
• Carey
• Cascade
• Challis
• Eagle
• Emmett
• Fairfield
• Fruitland
• Garden City
• Gooding
• Hailey
• Horseshoe Bend
• Idaho City
• Jerome
• Ketchum
• Mackay
• McCall
• McCammon
• Meridian
• Moreland
• Mountain Home
• Nampa
• Payette
• Pocatello
• Richfield
• Rockland
• Rupert
• Shelley
• Shoshone
• Wendell

Additionally, a Wind Advisory is in effect for the Pocatello and Idaho Falls regions starting Thursday morning at 9 until 9 PM Thursday night. Winds will be constant at 25 to 35 miles per hour and gusts will hit as high as 50 miles per hour.

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Twin Falls is somehow not included in the sever weather watch areas, but rain and winds are still expected after 8 PM, just not as extreme as other parts of Southern Idaho tonight.