Idaho, 2010Dust Storm and High Wind in Idaho, September 5, 2010
September 5, 2010 · NWS PIH · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
Non-convective winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph caused some damage along with dust storms in the Snake River Plain.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Non-convective winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph caused some damage along with dust storms in the Snake River Plain.
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 5, 3:55 AM MST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 3:55 AM MST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Dust Storm, Upper Snake River Plain
- When
- September 5, 10:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake River Plain forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
Visibility reported to be less than 1/4 mile on interstate 15 from milepost 135 to 155 south of Hamer.
High Wind, Upper Snake River Plain
- When
- September 5, 10:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake River Plain forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- County Official
Thirty foot trees were uprooted and blown over taking down an anchor-wire to a large antenna. This occurred 1 mile east southeast of Rexburg. A small airplane was blown off the runway of the Idaho Falls Regional Airport then flipped while it was being towed.
High Wind, Lower Snake River Plain
- When
- September 5, 11:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- Public
Large tree blown down by high wind on Stanford Avenue in Pocatello.
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 5, 2010$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, September 5, 20101 in hail · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 5, 201060 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5, 201059 kt wind · 2 events
- Waterspout in Lake Ontario, September 5, 20101 event
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5, 20101 event
- Wildfire in Arkansas, September 5, 20101 event
- Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 5, 20101 event
- Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 5, 20101 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 5, 201056 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, September 5, 2010$5,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 5, 201053 kt wind · 1 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: 261097, 261099, 261100.