Idaho, 2001

Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 13, 2001

September 13, 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 Sep 13, 2:40 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:40 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
300 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2001

H5 LOW TRACKING INTO CENTRAL ID WITH ISOL SEVERE TSTMS PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL. VIL OF 72 PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR IDA. THIS SYSTEM TO
MOVE ACROSS E ID THIS EVENING KEEPING SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS TSTMS
GOING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LINGERING 5H TROF AXIS ACROSS E ID SHOULD
PRODUCE ISOL ACTIVITY ACROSS E FCST/A ON FRI THEN S/WV RIDGE TO BUILD
ACROSS REGION FOR SAT AND SUNDAY.

EXTENDED...LOW CONFIDENCE FCST BUT APPEARS THE MRF PLOWS THE NEXT
CLOSED 5H LOW INTO AREA MON/TUES FOR CHC SHOWERS/TSTMS. DRIER NW FLOW
TO ESTABLISH ITS SELF ACROSS AREA WED/THU TIME PERIOD.

WINTHER

BYI 50/79/51/83 421

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

PIH BB 053/078 049/082 045 06422

.PIH...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 1:53 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
250 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0250 PM                              ID   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

BRONG
Local storm report, Sep 13, 1:54 PM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
250 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0250 PM    SHELLY                    ID   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

BRONG
Local storm report, Sep 13, 2:03 PM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
203 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     5SW IDAHO FALLS           ID   2.75 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BONNEVILLE                     BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER ON MILE POST 110 ON
					  INTERSTATE 15

250 PM     SHELLEY                   ID   1 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

@RUKWBCe	KDENNWUS55 KPIH 132105
LSRPIH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
305 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     5SW IDAHO FALLS           ID   2.75 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BONNEVILLE                     BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER ON MILE POST 110 ON
					  INTERSTATE 15

250 PM     SHELLEY                   ID   1 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER
Local storm report, Sep 13, 3:59 PM MST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
500 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

443 PM     4 N TETONIA               ID   .88 INCH HAIL
09/13/01   TETON                          REPORTED BY LOCAL WHEAT FARMER
Local storm report, Sep 13, 4:32 PM MST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS
530 PM MST THU SEP 13 2001

TIME (MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

455 PM     20 NW BLACKFOOT           ID   61 MPH WIND GUST
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY INEEL MESONET SITE AT
                                          TABER

500 PM     ATOMIC CITY               ID   63 MPH WIND GUST
09/13/01   BUTTE                          REPORTED BY INEEL MESONET SITE IN
                                          ATOMIC CITY

500 PM     FORT HALL                 ID   58 MPH WIND GUST
09/13/01   BINGHAM                        REPORTED BY INEEL MESONET SITE IN
                                          FORT HALL

450 PM     POCATELLO                 ID   65 MPH WIND GUST (ESTIMATED)
09/13/01   BANNOCK                        TREE DOWNED AT YELLOWSTONE AND
                                          CEDAR STREETS.

BRONG

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Thunderstorm Wind, Bannock

When
September 13, 4:45 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
Where
Bannock County, Pocatello
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.669, -112.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

65 mile per hour wind gusts estimated in Pocatello downed a tree at Yellowstone and Cedar Streets.

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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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: 5267499.