3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 9:10 AM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST IDAHO/SOUTHEAST OREGON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO
910 AM MST THU FEB 7 2002
CURRENT ZONE FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK BASED ON LATEST MODELS AND
TRENDS. HOWEVER, TIMING OF HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW MAY ACTUALLY BE
DELAYED UNTIL THIS EVENING WITH SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE PLUME STILL
ACROSS THE NORTH AND ALONG THE COAST. LIGHT PRECIP IS OCCURRING IN
THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND OVER BAKER COUNTY AT THIS TIME. VERY
IMPRESSIVE DYNAMIC SYSTEM POISED TO CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY. VORTICITY AND JET DYNAMICS VERY STRONG WITH GOOD
SURFACE DEVELOPMENT PROGGED OVER THE AREA AROUND 06Z. MOISTURE,
ALTHOUGH ABUNDANT AT PRESENT STREAMING INTO THE COAST SHOULD
DIMINISH SOME AS IT CROSSES THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY. WINDS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG AFTER 06Z AS
STRONG COLD ADVECTION, POWERFUL VORT AND JET, COMBINE TO INCREASE
SURFACE GRADIENTS CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. MAY TWEAK A COUPLE ZONES
FOR TODAYS TIMING OF PRECIP AND ADJUST SOME WIND FORECASTS A
LITTLE.
.BOI...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR ORZ062..IDZ011..IDZ013..IDZ028
AND IDZ029 FOR LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 7 TO 12 INCHES
SNOW.
G.SKARIThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms rolled across Gem County producing winds gusting to 53 knots (61 mph) and dropping hail up to 1.0 inches in diameter along a path from 2 miles northwest of Emmett to 2 miles east of Emmett. Numerous trees and power lines were brought down by the storm.
A line of thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 44 knots (51 mph) and hail up to 3/4 inch diameter from 10 miles west of Boise into the city of Boise. Numerous trees and power lines were brought down by the storm.
Wind gusts estimated at 50 knots (58 mph) ripped a deck off of a house and brought down trees and power lines. About 15,000 homes were without power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2002
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: 5281252, 5281253, 5281254.