Strong winds the night of October 27th caused a pine tree to fall across a power line with power going out at 11:34 pm on October 26th through 6:45 am on the 27th in Firth. Firth Middle School and HIgh School were closed on the 27th.
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 episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Strong winds the night of October 27th caused a pine tree to fall across a power line with power going out at 11:34 pm on October 26th through 6:45 am on the 27th in Firth. Firth Middle School and HIgh School were closed on the 27th.
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 Oct 26, 6:45 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 444 AM MDT MON OCT 26 2009 IDZ017>025-031-032-271100- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 444 AM MDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD EASTERN IDAHO TODAY. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW IS ANTICIPATED FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS DURING THE DAY...WITH LITTLE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND 15 TO 25 MPH ELSEWHERE. OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN IDAHO. THE BIGGEST THREAT OF RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...BUT REMAIN ELEVATED. SNOW LEVELS WILL PEAK AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE 7000-8000FT RANGE IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND 6000-7000FT FOR THE REST OF EASTERN IDAHO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000FT FROM 6PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6PM TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND THE IDAHO WASATCH AREAS ABOVE 6000FT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 6AM WEDNESDAY. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SNAKE PLAIN...EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY...SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND CACHE VALLEY TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL OF SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AND STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REFER TO THESE STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR PARTICULAR AREA IN EASTERN IDAHO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. SNOWFALL WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN FRINGES OF THE SNAKE PLAIN...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES. THIS IS DUE TO UPSLOPE CONDITIONS AND WRAPAROUND MOISTURE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL. OF NOTE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE AREA FROM IDAHO FALLS TO NEAR BURLEY AS A CONVERGENCE ZONE EVENT SETS UP TUESDAY AND TRANSITIONS TO AN UPSLOPE EVENT TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR PARTICULAR AREA IN EASTERN IDAHO. STRONG WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO NORTH OR NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT. THIS WILL HELP PROLONG THE POSSIBILITY OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...FROM EITHER FALLING SNOW OR WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds the night of October 27th caused a pine tree to fall across a power line with power going out at 11:34 pm on October 26th through 6:45 am on the 27th in Firth. Firth Middle School and HIgh School were closed on the 27th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, October 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 199886.