High Wind, Southwest Highlands
- When
- November 23, 8:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Highlands forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.582, -116.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Idaho, November 23, 1998
During the evening of November 23rd a cold front passed through south western Idaho. Behind the cold front unstable air and scattered showers allowed higher winds aloft to dip down to the surface of the earth producing scattered wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.
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.
During the evening of November 23rd a cold front passed through south western Idaho. Behind the cold front unstable air and scattered showers allowed higher winds aloft to dip down to the surface of the earth producing scattered wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. In Owyhee County near Homedale two 2-foot diameter trees were snapped and other trees were downed near Marsing. At the Caldwell airport wind gusts were clocked to 53 mph while a TV station in Nampa recorded a 55 mph wind gust.
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, Lower Treasure Valley
- When
- November 23, 8:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lower Treasure Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- 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
- High Wind in Washington, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Utah, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, November 23 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in New York, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23, 1998
More
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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: 5675866, 5675867.