Idaho, 2001

Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 15, 2001

July 15, 2001 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
245 PM MDT SUN JUL 15 2001

UPPER LOW NORTH OF VANCOUVER ISLE WILL MIGRATE SLOWLY NORTHEAST WITH
COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST DURING DAY ON MON.  H5 TROUGH EXTENDS S TO CAL
COAST WITH MINOR SHORTWAVES SPOKING NE IN FLOW ALOFT OVER ID.  ONE
REGION OF CONVECTION FORMING OVER CUSTER COUNTY VICINTY OF UPPER LOW
WHILE SECOND REGION FORMING FROM DIURNAL HEARING OVER SOUTH ID.  NEW
ETA/MESO-ETA RUNS RESOLVED DRY TREND THIS AFTERNOON OVER PIH CWA TODAY
AND PREFER AS MODELS OF CHOICE.  H7 FRONTOGENETIC REGION CROSSES AREA
MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUE BUT THE UPPER DIVERGENCE THAT WAS LOCATED
OVER CENTRAL ID AND EXTREME ZONE 19 TODAY WILL BE MOVING OUT OF AREA
ON MON.  AIR MASS BECOMES INCREASING DRIER BY TUE-WED SO WILL KEEP
POPS IN SLIGHT CHC/CHC BRACKET ALL 4 PERIODS.  ETA RUN PAINTS LI
REGION OF -2 TO -4 OVER EASTERN HIGHLANDS (SO POPS A LITTLE HIGHER
THERE) ON MON THEN GRADUALLY PUSHES INSTABILITY AXIS FURTHER EAST WITH
UPPER TROUGH AXIS ON TUE.  MODELS INDICATE SOME BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING
TUE-WED SO AGREE WITH IDEA OF HIGHS UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S VALLEYS AND
70S MOUNTAINS.  WINDS...UPSLOPE 15 TO 25 MPH ON MON THEN DECREASING TO
10 TO 15 MPH ON TUE POST-COLD FRONT.

EXTENDED...UPPER LOW SPLITS WITH PRIMARY LOW SHIFTING INTO ALBERTA ON
WED WITH SECONDARY LOW OFF WEST OR COAST AS TROUGH AXIS BECOMES MORE
POSITIVELY TILTED OVER TIME.  GREAT BASIN HIGH BUILDS BETWEEN TWO
SYSTEMS ON THU/FRI ALLOWING A DRYING TREND.  THIS WILL BOOST TEMPS
BACK TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BY FRI-SUN.

TA

BYI 56/83/53/80 3222

.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

PIH B]B 054/082 050/080 047 04322

.PIH...NONE

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Power

When
July 15, 3:35 PM MST to 3:55 PM MST
Where
Power County, Arbon
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.450, -112.567

Weather spotters in the town of Arbon reported damage with a thunderstorm wind estimated at 65 mph. Several large trees blown over and tin roofs blown off buildings and sheds.

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.

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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: 5257836.