Name: Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 27, 2001
Start: 2001-06-27T15:10
End: 2001-06-27T15:13
Location: Idaho

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 happened

The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.

Twelve miles north of Orofino, Dent RAWS station reported wind gust to 66 mph from thunderstorm. In Orofino, spotter reported wind gust to 50 mph with numerous tree branches blown down from thunderstorm.

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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 12:55 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:55 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
155 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2001

.SHORT TERM...300MB JET AND SHORTWAVE TO PROVIDE UPPER SUPPORT FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGHER PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES IN THE 1 TO 1.5 INCH RANGE COULD RESULT IN SOME LOCAL
DOWNPOURS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. CONSEQUENTLY...HAVE ISSUED FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR BURNED AREAS IN SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. BEST CAPES CONTINUE ABOVE 1000 J/KG TONIGHT WITH DECENT
SHEAR...SO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
FLOW FLATTENS OUT TOMORROW AS LONGWAVE RIDGE BEGINS TO RETROGRADE.
CONTINUED SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. FOUR-CORNERS HIGH BUILDS ENOUGH BY FRIDAY TO DRY THINGS OUT
OVER THE FORECAST AREA. SIGLER

.EXTENDED...AVN STILL SHOWS A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE ON
SUNDAY SO WILL LEAVE IN SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING THEN. FOUR CORNERS
HIGH BUILDS STRONGLY INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES NEXT WEEK AS THE MEAN
TROUGH POSITION RETROGRADES WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PAC. WILL
EASILY SEE A WARMING TREND WITH TEMPS BACK INTO THE 90S BY DAYS 6/7.
MRF SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY BY DAY7 WITH INCREASED RH BUT WILL HOLD
OFF ON ANY CONVECTION SINCE MOISTURE WILL PROBABLY BE LACKING.
BOLDT

.MSO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY TIL 05Z THIS
       EVENING.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clearwater

When: June 27, 3:10 PM MST to 3:13 PM MST
Where: Clearwater County, Orofino
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.483, -116.250

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.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5248888.