Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Idaho
124 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 124
- Busiest year
- 200615 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 5over 27 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lemhi County41
- Bannock County40
- Bingham County40
- Bonneville County40
- Caribou County38
- Power County37
- Idaho County36
- Madison County36
- Oneida County35
- Teton County35
- Bear Lake County34
- Butte County34
- Cassia County34
- Franklin County34
- Jefferson County34
- Nez Perce County34
- Fremont County32
- Clearwater County31
- Lewis County31
- Latah County30
- Minidoka County30
- Blaine County29
- Gem County29
- Lincoln County29
- Payette County29
- Benewah County28
- Clark County28
- Shoshone County28
- Washington County28
- Boise County27
- Elmore County27
- Ada County26
- Adams County26
- Canyon County25
- Custer County25
- Kootenai County25
- Valley County25
- Bonner County24
- Camas County24
- Jerome County24
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Cassia and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai and 4 more | 9 hr |
| May 28, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ada, Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 13, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 12 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.