Thunderstorm Wind, Canyon
- When
- August 26, 6:30 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Canyon County, Se Nampa to Nampa
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -116.550
Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 26, 1996
Thunderstorms moved through Southwestern Idaho with strong winds and lightning. Several locations reported downed trees and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved through Southwestern Idaho with strong winds and lightning. Several locations reported downed trees and power lines. The hardest hit area was Nampa in Canyon county. Wind lifted a dairy barn and smashed it, several roofs were pulled off of houses, barns and sheds were blown over, large trees were uprooted, one fell on a house, and several residents reported small grass and barn fires. 911 in Canyon county had a record number of calls. Several fires were ignited by lightning. In the Vale District, 16 fires were started totalling 26000 acres. In Owyhee county, reports of visiblity reduced to zero in blowing dust occured at Givens Hot Springs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 26 to 27, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, August 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 26, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, August 26 to 27, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, August 26, 1996
- Hail in Vermont, August 26, 1996
- Hail in Texas, August 26, 1996
- Hail in Vermont, August 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566266.