High winds developed outside of thunderstorm activity from 1 to 6 pm MDT in the Upper Snake River Plain and the Lost River Pahsimeroi regions. Over 50 mph sustained winds were recorded with gusts in the 70 to 80 mph range.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
High winds developed outside of thunderstorm activity from 1 to 6 pm MDT in the Upper Snake River Plain and the Lost River Pahsimeroi regions. Over 50 mph sustained winds were recorded with gusts in the 70 to 80 mph range.
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 19, 1:39 AM MST, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 239 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE COAST OF WA/OR THIS MORNING. INITIAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PRODUCING BAROCLINIC BAND OVER WESTERN IDAHO WHILE A SECOND SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE TROUGH IN CALIFORNIA. NEGATIVE ORIENTATION OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO SOME STRONG FORCING LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. MODELS KEEP HEAVIEST PRECIP IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND AREAS NORTH...BUT 00Z NAM AND EVEN THE 00Z WRF RUNS ARE PRODUCING CONVECTION STARTING AROUND 18Z OVER THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS. CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MAY SEE MUCAPE VALUES OF 900-1000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. COUPLED WITH THE 45-50 KTS 0-6KM SHEAR...THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME RIGOROUS CONVECTION WHICH MAY PRODUCE HAIL. A COOLER AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT BRINGING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO AROUND 6500-7000 FT. CONTINUING WITH CURRENT WIND HEADLINES WITH TIGHTENING SFC GRADIENT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING TO AROUND 30-35 KTS IN SOME AREAS. KSFX VAD WINDS ALREADY SHOWING 35KTS JUST OFF THE DECK. GFS ENSEMBLE HOLDS MEAN UPPER TROUGH OVER IDAHO/WESTERN MT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT LIFTS AND MOVES EASTWARD. MODELS HAVE CONTINUED HOLDING THE STRONGEST POPS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. A TRANSIENT UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A SOUTH/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WHICH WILL BRING IN A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. EXTENDED PERIODS LOOK MAINLY DRY...BUT HAVE INCLUDED SOME SLIGHT MOUNTAIN POPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HINSBERGER && .AVIATION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SHIFT INLAND TODAY WITH BREEZY WINDS ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION BY MID-MORNING AND ADVANCE INTO THE ERN HIGHLANDS BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPORARY IMPACTS ANTICIPATED AT TERMINAL LOCATIONS...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. WIND AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER 2100 MDT THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW ADVANCES INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN IDAHO REMAINS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE MAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY. HUSTON && .FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS POSITIONED ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON COASTLINE EARLY THIS MORNING AS A FAIRLY STRONG DISTURBANCE WAS NOTED ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE LOW ACROSS THE NRN SIERRA AND INTO NW NEVADA. IN ADDITION TO THE UPPER LOW ALONG THE COAST...A DEEP SURFACE LOW WAS LIFTING ENE THROUGH SE IDAHO EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AN ASSOCIATED DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ADVANCING THROUGH THE AREA. MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE DISTURBANCE ROTATING OUT OF THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL LIFT NE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH ACCOMPANYING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE DISTRICT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW WHILE ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. STRONG WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNDER THE ADVANCING STORM SYSTEM. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THURSDAY WITH ACCOMPANYING SHOWERS...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS LINGERING THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE THE LOW FINALLY PUSHES EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS SUNDAY. A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE INTO THE NW COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY WITH EJECTING DISTURBANCES POSING A THREAT FOR RENEWED SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK. HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ020-021. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING IDZ022. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 400 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 IDZ017-022>025-201000- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- 400 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY STRONG TODAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE AREA. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH...HOWEVER SOME AREAS MAY CONTINUE TO SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. IDZ020-021-201000- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- 400 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER SNAKE PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. IDZ018-019-031-032-201000- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 400 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED NON-SEVERE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY. .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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifty-five to 60 mph sustained winds were measured at Hamer and Monteview between 115 and 140 pm MDT. 60 mph wind gusts were measured at Terreton at 4 pm MDT.
Sustained winds of 50 to 60 mph began near Howe and Craters of the Moon at around 130 pm MDT and continued through 4 pm MDT. The highest gust of 82 MPH was recorded at Craters of the Moon at 310 pm MDT.
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, June 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: 464575, 464574.