Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 29, 3:22 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 8 mi N of Roberts
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.833, -112.133
Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 29, 2003
50 knot wind from thunderstorm in Sage Junction.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 PIH wrote it up.
50 knot wind from thunderstorm in Sage Junction.
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 29, 1:30 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:30 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 230 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2003 LATEST H2O SATIMG SHOWING H5 HIGH OVER 4-CORNERS REGION WITH PAC LOW BEGINNING TO LIFT NE INTO THE NRN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS. DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT VORT FEATURES ROTATING ABOUT HIGH CIRCULATION BUT MODELS CONSISTENT WITH THE IDEA OF ROTATING SIGNIFICANT FEATURE NORTH INTO SRN IDAHO THIS EVENING/TONIGHT SPARKING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE (0 TO -2 LI/S AND UP TO 1000 CAPE). BEST POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STILL EXPECTED FRIDAY AS PAC TROUGH SWEEPS INLAND ACROSS SE OREGON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CNTRL IDAHO FRIDAY NIGHT. WAVE PASSES EAST INTO MONTANA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH LINGERING POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION MAINLY OVER THE CNTRL MOUNTAIN ZONES. REMAINDER OF FORECAST SOMEWHAT UNEVENTFUL AS S/WV ACTIVITY PASSES EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SUNDAY/MONDAY FOR BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS IN THE SNAKE PLAINS. ERN PAC TROUGH AND DOWNSTREAM RIDGE AMPLIFY WEDNESDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HUSTON KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21. .PIH...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:00 AM MST, 11 hours 22 minutes before
IDZ017>023-031-032-300000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 500 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Colorado, May 29 to 31, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, May 29, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 29, 2003
- Flooding in Colorado, May 29 to 31, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, May 29, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 2003
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, May 2003
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: 5357414.