Alert archive / Idaho / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Idaho, 2026
4 high wind watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- March3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20261 high wind watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 4:56 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 9 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:17 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:30 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:32 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BOI | Ada, Adams, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Elmore and 8 more | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bannock County2
- Bingham County2
- Blaine County2
- Bonneville County2
- Butte County2
- Caribou County2
- Cassia County2
- Fremont County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Madison County2
- Minidoka County2
- Oneida County2
- Power County2
- Bear Lake County1
- Benewah County1
- Bonner County1
- Boundary County1
- Kootenai County1
- Latah County1
- Shoshone County1
- Teton County1
- Ada County1
- Adams County1
- Boise County1
- Camas County1
- Canyon County1
- Elmore County1
- Gem County1
- Gooding County1
- Jerome County1
- Owyhee County1
- Payette County1
- Twin Falls County1
- Valley County1
- Washington County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.