Strong non-thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a house in Rexburg and power lines near Parker.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Strong non-thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a house in Rexburg and power lines near Parker.
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 30, 2:17 AM MST, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 317 AM MDT MON SEP 30 2013 .DISCUSSION...A POTENT PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT SOME SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TOTALS TO PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STANLEY RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN AND SOME LOCATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET RECEIVED ABOUT 6 INCHES OF SNOW. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE SNAKE PLAIN TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE OUT ACROSS THE ARCO DESERT WHERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN TERMS OF CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION TODAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DRY WEATHER IS LIKELY FOR TUESDAY AND MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE HIGH COUNTRY. COLDER WEATHER IS LIKELY FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. VALLE && .AVIATION...STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPACT EAST IDAHO WITH STRONG WINDS AND CONTINUED PRECIPITATION. MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN VFR WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR IN SHOWERS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD LOCALLY DIP TO IFR BUT SNOW LEVELS REMAIN HIGH THUS RAIN SHOULD KEEP CEILINGS ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE MAIN STORY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE SNAKE PLAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS AGAIN HITTING 30-40KTS SUSTAINED. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50KTS ESPECIALLY ACROSS ARCO DESERT THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT SO EXPECT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CEILINGS AND WINDS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DMH && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG UPPER JET IN PLACE OVER EAST IDAHO WITH SHORTWAVE AXIS SLIDING THROUGH PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD LIGHT PRECIP CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION WITH SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 7500 FEET. WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE ISSUE AGAIN TODAY WITH 30-45 MPH WINDS IN THE SNAKE PLAIN. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK RIDGE THUS DRIER AND LESS WINDY THOUGH FLOW REMAINS STRONG ALOFT SO WINDS COULD STAY ON THE BREEZY SIDE. NEXT SYSTEM REACHES THE PACNW WEDNESDAY AND DEEPENS TO A PROGRESSIVE CLOSED LOW OVER EAST IDAHO THURSDAY. THUS EXPECT A RETURN TO WINDY AND WET CONDITIONS BY MID WEEK. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ017-021. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ020. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY ABOVE 8000 FEET FOR THE IDZ018-031. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 334 AM MDT MON SEP 30 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-010945- 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- 334 AM MDT MON SEP 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. HIGH ELEVATION SNOW IS LIKELY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE SNAKE PLAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds with gusts in the 55 to 60 mph range downed a tree onto a house in the city of Rexburg. Up to 74 mph winds were measured at Rover northwest of Idaho Falls.
Power lines were downed near Parker. Gusts of 55 to 60 mph measured at Sugar City.
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, September 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: 478652, 478653.