Idaho, 2000

High Wind in Idaho, December 15, 2000

December 15, 2000 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Lower Snake River Plain

When
December 15, 3:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A major winter storm brought high winds to Pocatello. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph occurred throughout the day withpeak wind gusts of 54 mph at 430 am and 58 mph at 1239 pm reported by ASOS equipment at the Pocatello airport.

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

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2000

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: 5165837.