Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Northern Plains and Midwest; Fire Weather Threat in the West

Severe thunderstorms will continue to be possible over parts of the northern Plains and upper Midwest through Saturday which could bring large hail, damaging winds, and possible tornadoes. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce flooding over a part of the Midwest today. Elevated to critical fire weather are expected today into this weekend over parts of the central Rockies and Great Basin. Read More >

The lightning strike graphics for Eastern Idaho are currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience.

These graphics are cumulative lightning strike maps for eastern Idaho. Mouse-over each day to view the 24-Hour Cumulative Lightning Strike Map.

Updated daily at midnight, they are useful for determining where lightning has occurred over the previous 24 hour period, going back 6 days. This information could be helpful for determining where potential lightning-related fire starts may have occurred during recent thunderstorm activity. An individual strike shows up as a single yellow dot, multiple dots close together indicate an active thunderstorm moved through a particular area.