Idaho, 2001Damaging 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.
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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 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
BRONGLocal 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
BRONGLocal 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 SPOTTERLocal 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 FARMERLocal 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.
BRONGThunderstorm 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.
- 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.
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Alabama, September 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, September 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 13 to 14, 2001$50,000 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 13, 2001$35,000 · 0.88 in hail · 5 events
- High Surf in Florida, September 13, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, September 13, 20011.25 in hail · 15 events
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 13 to 14, 20014 events
- Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 13, 2001$500 · F0 · 2 events
- Hail in Pennsylvania, September 13, 20011.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 13, 2001$5,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Waterspout in Florida, September 13, 20011 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: 5267499.