000 FPUS75 KPIH 030005 NOWPIH SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 604 PM MDT THU OCT 2 2003 IDZ020-030125- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRETON...RIGBY...REXBURG...MOODY... LORENZO...IDAHO FALLS AND GOSHEN 604 PM MDT THU OCT 2 2003 .NOW... AT 545 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE LAVA FIELDS NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND 26. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG THE RURAL HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. $$ IDZ021-023-030125- CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYAN...SWAN VALLEY...SWANLAKE... SODA SPRINGS...POCATELLO...NITER...NEELEY...MCCAMMON... LAVA HOT SPRINGS...LAGO...GRAY...BLACKFOOT AND AMERICAN FALLS 604 PM MDT THU OCT 2 2003 .NOW... AT 545 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF IDAHO FALLS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST WITH TIME AND WILL LIKELY GENERATE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS IT REACHES INTERSTATE 15 BY 630 PM. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 15 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS. $$