Over 60 mph wind gusts were measured in Lincoln, Butte, Bingham, and Bear Lake Counties with trees overturned in Bannock County.
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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 episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Over 60 mph wind gusts were measured in Lincoln, Butte, Bingham, and Bear Lake Counties with trees overturned in Bannock County.
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 Jul 5, 12:47 PM MST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 147 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A NARROW BAND OF DRY AIR THAT WAS OVER SOUTHEAST IDAHO THIS MORNING AND IS NOW MOVING TO THE EAST WITH THE APPROACH OF A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH WASHINGTON AND OREGON. AT NOON TIME...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TROUGH FROM BOISE TO YELLOWSTONE. ALSO WATCHING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NEVADA THAT COULD TRACK NORTH AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SURFACE DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 50S AND CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY. ON THE GOOD SIDE...SATELLITE DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER SHOWS AIR IS DRIER THAN YESTERDAY...ABOUT .6 TO .7 INCH IN THE NARROW BAND OF DRY AIR AND INCREASING AGAIN TOWARDS BOISE. SO THAT DRY BAND IS NOT AS DRY AS IT MIGHT APPEAR TO BE AND ISOLATED STORMS STILL MIGHT PUT DOWN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT SHOULD DRIFT INTO THE SNAKE PLAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH MINIMAL WIND AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. SOME MOISTURE FROM UTAH DIRECTION SURGES BACK TO IDAHO SUNDAY AHEAD OF A SECOND DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CANADA. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP HERE. RS .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE OVER THE IDAHO PAN HANDLE. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS ARE PROVIDING A MOSTLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO IDAHO UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK WHEN A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WE EXPERIENCED THE PAST FEW DAYS REBUILDS OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO...BUT AT THIS TIME MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS LITTLE INDICATION OF ANY ADDITIONAL MONSOON MOISTURE FINDING ITS WAY TO SOUTHEAST IDAHO. VERY SPOTTY CONVECTION MIGHT BE SEEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOWER VALLEY TEMPERATURES HOLD FLAT AROUND 90F FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS..THEN INCREASE 2 TO 4 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY. RS && .AVIATION...UPPER TROF PUSHING EAST AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF SITES. ANY OF THEM COULD SEE A THUNDERSTORM ON SITE THROUGH 03Z. IF ANY CLOSE ENOUGH COULD SEE GUSTY WINDS AS WELL BUT EXPECT CONDITIONS TO REMAIN VFR THROUGHOUT THE NEXT TWO DAYS. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED VALLEY THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PUSHES EAST. IT WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED OVER THE WEEKEND WITH MOST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN ZONES 427...413...AND 411 WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY FURTHER WEST. COULD SEE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT THREE DAYS. EXPECT ELEVATED AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IN THE SOUTHEAST UNDER THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY EXPECTED BY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. GK .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 339 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-061245- 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- 339 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OF AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A MUCH WARMER AND DRIER PERIOD DEVELOPS AFTER TUESDAY. .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. MESSICK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
355 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013
IDZ018-032-052245-
CUSTER ID-
355 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
UNTIL 445 PM MDT
AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHALLIS..MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 70 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4462 11460 4458 11456 4462 11446 4468 11439
4475 11440 4488 11423 4486 11419 4476 11421
4474 11414 4476 11408 4467 11403 4449 11380
4443 11352 4446 11346 4445 11344 4401 11379
4455 11467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 222DEG 61KT 4478 11388
DMHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED STORM MOTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013
IDZ018-032-052245-
CUSTER ID-
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
UNTIL 445 PM MDT
AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHALLIS..MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4462 11460 4458 11456 4462 11446 4468 11439
4475 11440 4488 11423 4486 11419 4476 11421
4474 11414 4476 11408 4467 11403 4449 11380
4443 11352 4446 11346 4445 11344 4401 11379
4455 11467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 222DEG 61KT 4478 11388
DMHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 408 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 IDZ022-052245- ONEIDA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID- 408 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 445 PM MDT AT 401 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF ELBA..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 84 JUST NORTH OF JUMIPER. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY... RURAL WESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY... RURAL SOUTHERN POWER COUNTY... LAT...LON 4246 11307 4217 11289 4212 11343 4231 11350 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 249DEG 20KT 4226 11332 RS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
439 PM MDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM HAIL NE ALBION 42.41N 113.58W
07/05/2013 E0.25 INCH CASSIA ID TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL
&&
DPHELPSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
507 PM MDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE CHUBBUCK 42.91N 112.42W
07/05/2013 E1.00 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS IN INKOM GAP OR BETWEEN MILE
MARKER 60 AND 54 ON I-15 ONE INCH OF WATER ON FREEWAY.
&&
DPHELPSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
522 PM MDT FRI JUL 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL 15 S ROCKLAND 42.36N 112.83W
07/05/2013 E0.25 INCH POWER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL AND ONE INCH OF RAIN FALL
&&
DPHELPSThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Craters of the Moon Park had a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust recorded.
The Shoshone mesonet site recorded a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
A tree was downed by winds in Chubbuck falling on two automobiles on Bonanza Avenue between Hawthorne Road and Teton Street.
Sixty-seven mph wind gust in thunderstorm recorded at Taber.
Spotter in Bern with wind equipment measured 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, July 2013
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: 469068, 469069, 469075, 469073, 469074.