Storm hits eastern Idaho with tornado warning; gustnado caught on camera – East Idaho News

POCATELLO — East Idaho skilled a extreme thunderstorm on Wednesday night.

At 7:20 p.m., the Nationwide Climate Service detected the storm 11 miles south of Pocatello and issued a twister warning, which expired at 7:45 p.m.

Now a extreme thunderstorm watch is in impact till 9 p.m. for Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida and Energy counties.

A viewer despatched EastIdahoNews.com what gave the impression to be a rotating cloud of mud west of Mud Lake on Wednesday night. (See the video participant above.) The NWS reviewed the video and instructed EastIdahoNews.com it was not a twister however a “gustnado,” which the NWS defines as a “small whirlwind which types as an eddy in thunderstorm outflows” and usually are not linked to clouds. Nevertheless, “like mud devils, some stronger gustnadoes could cause harm.”

We’ll replace this story if extra info turns into out there. In case you have climate pictures or video, ship them to information@eastidahonews.com.

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