Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- June 18, 2:00 PM MST to 2:10 PM MST
- Where
- Butte County, Central Portion
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.783, -113.133
Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 18, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Jun 18, 1:30 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:30 PM MST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 230 PM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .DISCUSSION... STRONG CONVECTION HAS FIRED IN PORTIONS OF FCST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AIRMASS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH SFC COMPUTED LIS BELOW -2 AND PW VALUES GREATER THAN 0.50 INCH. UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE INTO SATURDAY WITH WEAK S/WVS ROTATING AROUND CUT-OFF UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON. BEST POP CHANCES STILL LOOK TO BE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. MAIN BATCH OF ENERGY DRIFTS NORTHWEST INTO MONTANA LATE SATURDAY FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN POPS INTO SUNDAY. COULD BE BREEZY ON SUNDAY AS SFC LOW FINALLY PULLS EAST OF REGION WITH GFS 7H WINDS IN THE 25KT RANGE. MODELS STILL NOT GETTING A HANDLE ON THIS SYSTEM AND THUS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY PAST SATURDAY. GFS FLATTENS WAVE AS IT TRIES TO ROTATE KICKER SYSTEM TRIES TO PUSH INTO BLOCKING GULF ALASKA HIGH BUT IS THE ONLY LONG-RANGE MODEL MAINTAINING ALMOST CUT-OFF SOLN OVER WASHINGTON. 00Z GFS-X ODD-RUN OUT WITH 12Z GFS FAVORING ECMWF SOLN INTO TUESDAY. WITH UNCERTAINTY...HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO GRIDS IN EXTENDED PERIODS. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:00 AM MST, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 500 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 IDZ017>023-031-032-191100- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- 500 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2004 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... WE ASK ALL TRAINED SPOTTERS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE CALLED INTO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR OTHER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, June 18, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Utah, June 18, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Washington, June 18, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 18 to 19, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, June 18, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 18, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 18, 2004
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2004
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: 5407868.