Idaho, 2001

Drought in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 2001

June 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS PIH · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

Severe drought conditions continued through the month of June across southeast Idaho. The Idaho governor declared most counties in southeast Idaho drought emergency areas.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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 PIH wrote it up.

Severe drought conditions continued through the month of June across southeast Idaho. The Idaho governor declared most counties in southeast Idaho drought emergency areas. Many streamflows and reservoir were less than 50 percent at the beginning of the month.

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 May 31, 7:45 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:45 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
845 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS RIDGE AXIS FROM SOUTHEASTERN BC TO THE
WA/ID BORDER AND TROF DIGGING SOUTH OF 140W/40N.  THE RIDGE WILL
SUPPLY LIGHT WINDS AND SUBSIDENCE.  SEE NO NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO
THE ZONES.

BRONG

BYI 51/90/60/79 001

.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 32.

.PIH...NONE.

PIH UB 048/089 059/078 045 04001

Event by event

9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Big and Little Wood River Region

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Caribou Highlands

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Eastern Magic Valley

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Eastern Magic Valley forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Lost River / Pahsimeroi

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Lost River / Pahsimeroi forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Lower Snake River Plain

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Sawtooth Mountains

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, South Central Highlands

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
South Central Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Upper Snake Highlands

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Upper Snake River Plain

When
June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Upper Snake River Plain forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2001

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: 5248097, 5248098, 5248099, 5248100, 5248101, 5248102, 5248103, 5248104, 5248105.