High Wind Watches in Idaho
102 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 102
- Busiest year
- 201210 high wind watches
- Average year
- 5over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kootenai County21
- Benewah County20
- Latah County20
- Owyhee County17
- Clearwater County15
- Idaho County15
- Bingham County15
- Bonneville County15
- Butte County15
- Fremont County15
- Jefferson County15
- Madison County15
- Ada County13
- Elmore County13
- Bannock County13
- Power County13
- Bonner County12
- Boundary County12
- Gooding County12
- Jerome County12
- Nez Perce County12
- Shoshone County12
- Twin Falls County12
- Blaine County12
- Cassia County12
- Minidoka County12
- Oneida County12
- Lemhi County11
- Lincoln County11
- Lewis County10
- Canyon County9
- Gem County9
- Payette County9
- Washington County9
- Caribou County9
- Bear Lake County7
- Clark County6
- Teton County6
- Camas County5
- Custer County5
4 more counties
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:32 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOI | Ada, Adams, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Elmore and 8 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:30 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:17 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 13 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:56 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 9 more | 18 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. Rebuilt daily.