Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000

Name: Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000
Start: 2000-02-14T15:40
End: 2000-02-14T15:48
Location: Idaho

February 14, 2000 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $375,000
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.

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Power

When: February 14, 3:40 PM MST to 3:48 PM MST
Where: Power County, American Falls
Rating: F0
Path length: 9 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $375,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.783, -112.833

A large metal farm building was damaged 6W of Pocatello airport: siding pushed in and roof partially removed. Nearby, a cinder block and a steel framed potato storage buildings collapsed. A large grain silo sustained severe damage. A recreation fee building destroyed and several large trees downed at Willow Bay county park. Throughout the tornado's path, irrigations center pivots flipped and wheel line systems twisted.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Idaho in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Idaho, 2000 Warnings in Idaho, February 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: 5133081.