High Wind, Valley/Adams/N Gem/N Washington
- When
- August 23, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Valley/Adams/N Gem/N Washington forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.543, -116.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Idaho, August 23, 1997
A strong cold front moved through southwest Idaho during the day on August 23rd. A remote weather station at Dead Indian Ridge recorded a wind gust of 62 mph with the frontal passage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A strong cold front moved through southwest Idaho during the day on August 23rd. A remote weather station at Dead Indian Ridge recorded a wind gust of 62 mph with the frontal passage. Another remote weather station near the Snake River in Adams County recorded a wind gust of 64 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, S Washington/Payette/S Gem/Canyon/X Nw Owyhee
- When
- August 23, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- S Washington/Payette/S Gem/Canyon/X Nw Owyhee forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.746, -116.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 1997
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: 5614271, 5614272.