Several reports of severe weather events were received on the first day of the month.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Several reports of severe weather events were received on the first day of the month.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 10:22 AM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 1122 AM MDT Tue Jul 1 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Above normal temperatures will continue through Thursday with today likely the hottest day, highs will reach the upper 80s to upper 90s in the valleys. - Daily shower and thunderstorm chances return this afternoon as monsoonal moisture lifts north into southeast Idaho. Independence Day may have the most widespread coverage of showers and storms. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 235 AM MDT Tue Jul 1 2025 The heat is on as the calendar shifts to July today as some of the warmest temperatures we've seen this year are expected. Early morning satellite imagery shows some mid/high level clouds streaking into the region from Utah and Nevada. Unlike previous days, we are expecting some clouds today and they COULD have a bit of an impact on today's high temps if we get a bit more cloud cover than currently forecast. Nevertheless, still expecting widespread 90s across the lower elevations today with mid to upper 90s very likely across the Snake Plain and Magic Valley. Hi-res CAMs are a bit more aggressive developing some afternoon showers/storms across the area. Given the drier atmosphere, we'd be hard pressed to see any precip reach the ground but some virga/dry thunderstorms are certainly possible with gusty winds and lightning being the main concern with these, if they develop. Given the decent coverage shown in the CAMs, went ahead and included at least some PoPs throughout the area but the best focus should be across the higher terrain of the central mountains and along the Montana Divide region. Wednesday will be a touch cooler, but still hot, with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s across the lower elevations with more afternoon shower/storm chances once again with slightly better PoP chances across eastern Idaho. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 235 AM MDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Weather pattern looks to remain active to round out the work week and including the 4th of July holiday as diurnal shower/storm chances linger Thu and especially Friday. Friday, July 4th, looks to be the most active weather day as a shortwave trough swings through the region sparking fairly widespread shower/storm chances throughout the region. Deeper moisture will be in place by this point so precip will be of the wetter variety as opposed to the drier storms earlier this week. Some of these storms could potentially be strong so this will be something to monitor over the days ahead. With more clouds and moisture present, daytime high temps will return to the 70s and 80s during the Thursday - Saturday time period, coolest day likely on Friday. Another weak shortwave moves north of the area on Saturday potentially sparking some precip across the far northern extent of the forecast area while a strong ridge looks to build over the Four Corners region likely leading us back in to a hotter, drier pattern to round out the weekend and into the first part of next week. At this point, temperatures look to return to the 90s in the valleys once again with potentially a very hot week in store for the second week of July if current model solutions pan out. Time will tell.... && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1122 AM MDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Weak feature rotating north through East Idaho looks to be able to provide enough spark to help develop mainly ISOLD TS across the region. Maintained PROB30 for this aftn/early eve for most terminals except SUN. Also maintained wind gust potential with VRB G30kts but latest HRRR indicates gusts could go higher to around 45kts. Convection expected to diminish prior to sunset, but could still see localized virga-related gusts continuing to around 06Z. A repeat is expected after 18Z Wed. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 235 AM MDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Hottest and driest day of the next week is today, prior to a push of moist and unstable air from the south. Enough mid- and high level moisture will reach the forecast area today that northern areas are under a threat of showers and thunderstorms by the NBM guidance, while SPC cast a broader brush that includes the entire forecast area. For Wed, an area of marginal severe thunderstorms rears its head in the central Idaho mountains, including the northwest portions of the Salmon-Challis and northern Sawtooth NFs. Rainfall should stay below wetting thresholds today, perhaps a mixture on Wed and then Wed night possibly more wet in the southern tier of highlands in the vicinity of UT. This threat of thunderstorms continues through Independence Day, and now decreases in the south for Sat and Sun. With the surge of this unstable and subtropical air, the cloud cover and the increase in moisture content will keep humidity readings above critical values by Wed. This should continue through at least Sat, then Sun may see the end of precipitation and a drying out that will spike temperatures back up, though not quite as warm as today. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...McKaughan LONG TERM...McKaughan AVIATION...DMH FIRE WEATHER...Messick
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:38 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down on a house with minor roof damage southeast of Mackay.
A large tree was downed at Snake River High School.
A 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at the Pocatello Regional Airport ASOS site.
A 60 mph wind gust measured at INL Puzzle ITD site.
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused 120 customers to be without power west of Springfield.
Several hundred customers reported without power near Pingree due to thunderstorm outflow winds.
A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Cotton Ridge RAWS site.
Twenty-six customers reported without power in Inkom due to thunderstorm wind gust.
Trees downed in the area of W 100 S and S 1000 W 3 miles east of Rockford.
Idaho Power reported power outages in the Moreland and Riverside areas due to thunderstorm outflow wind damage.
One adult male was struck by lightning and injured while cooking along Red Rock Rd. 8 miles north northwest of Macks Inn. Tree next to him was also hit. The strike also blew out all the stitching of a nearby tent occupied by multiple children who were not injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, July 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1284405, 1284442, 1284341, 1284348, 1284363, 1284387, 1284354, 1284367, 1284478, 1284372, 1284491.