Idaho, 2001Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 5, 2001
July 5, 2001 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 5, 1:45 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:45 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
245 PM MDT THU JUL 05 2001
MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FLOW NORTH ACROSS FCST/A. SAT WV LOOP
SHOWING DRY SLOT SLIDING NORTH INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL ID ATTM. CURRENT
RADAR LOOP SHOWING RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TSTMS IN THIS AREA ACROSS N NV.
EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO SLIDE INTO FCST/A LATER THIS AFTN/EVE. THUS
USED SCATTERED POPS MOST AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE
ACROSS
CENTRAL MTNS (CLOSER TO JET DYNAMICS). A WEAK FRONTAL BNDRY WILL SLIDE
TO SE FCST/A LATE TONIGHT AND THEN DISSOLVE. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL
MOVE INTO AREA FOR FRIDAY. HOWEVER...STILL UNSTABLE IN THE AFTN AND
WITH PW'S STILL RATHER HIGH (1.00 INCH) WILL MENTION ISOL AFTN TSTMS.
ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE SLIDES BACK INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
AVN/NGM SHOW QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN FCST HIGH TEMPS ON SATURDAY. WITH
VERY LITTLE AIRMASS CHANGE DECIDED TO GO PERSISTENCE.
EXTENDED FCST SHOWS VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THIS PATTERN WITH UPPER HIGH
CENTERED OVER 4-CORNERS REGION AND MONSOON FLOW INTO S ID. HAVE BROAD-
BRUSHED FCST WITH CHC POPS AND SEASONABLE TEMPS EACH DAY.
WINTHER
BYI 64/90/62/90 4224
.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.
PIH BB 061/090 059/090 057 06422
.PIH...NONE.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cassia
- When
- July 5, 5:20 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, 7 mi S of (Byi)burley Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -113.667
Spotters estimated wind gusts in excess of 60 mph with severe thunderstorms. Several branches blown off trees.
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, July 5, 20011 death · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 2001$101,000 · 55 kt wind · 27 events
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 2001$202,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 2001$150,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2001$105,000 · 0.75 in hail · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 5, 2001$155,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 5, 2001$120,000 · 53 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 5, 2001$90,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 5, 2001$70,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5, 2001$55,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 2001$53,000 · 2 events
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 5, 2001$15,000 · F1 · 1 event
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: 5257738.