Thunderstorm Wind, Cassia
- When
- June 29, 3:00 PM MST to 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, Albion
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -113.570
A large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Albion.
Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 29, 2015
Severe thunderstorm winds occurred in parts of the Eastern Magic Valley on June 29th.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm winds occurred in parts of the Eastern Magic Valley on June 29th.
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 Jun 29, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 200 PM MDT MON JUN 29 2015 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING IS SLOWLY BREAKING DOWN AND MOVING EAST AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STARTING TO MOVE OVER NORTHERN IDAHO. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BRINGING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING BRINGING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED VALLEY AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL KICK OFF TOMORROW AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS OUR EASTERN AREAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TODAY BREAKING RECORDS. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TEMPERATURES DROP SLIGHTLY BUT REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXPECT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS IN NORTHWEST FLOW. SATURDAY SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY DRY AND HOT. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT FOR THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND. CURRENTLY...THE MODELS ARE HINTING THAT MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BRINGING INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES. DESPITE MODEL CONSISTENCY...EXPECT HOT TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW RECORD HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND. TW && .AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAIN THREAT THROUGH TUESDAY AND HAVE VICINITY ALL SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. AFTER 21Z AT SUN AND AFTER 00Z AT BYI...PIH AND IDA. WEAK WAVE TOPPING RIDGE WILL CREATE SOME THROUGH TOMORROW BUT NOTHING NEAR ANY TAF SITE AS OF 20Z. SHOULD DEVELOP LATER. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STILL OVER EASTERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON IN ZONES 475...476 AND 422 WITH LESS COVERAGE FURTHER EAST. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THROUGH TUESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY MID WEEK WITH HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUING THOUGH NOT AS HOT AS THE LAST TWO DAYS. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cassia
- When
- June 29, 5:53 PM MST to 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, (Byi)burley Muni Arp
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -113.770
Ths ASOS at the Burley Municipal airport recorded a 67 mph wind gust from a thunderstorm.
Thunderstorm Wind, Minidoka
- When
- June 29, 5:56 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Minidoka County, 3 mi S of Rupert
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 42.577, -113.670
A tractor trailer was reported overturned on interstate 84 south of Rupert when strong thunderstorm winds passed through the region.
Thunderstorm Wind, Minidoka
- When
- June 29, 6:23 PM MST to 6:35 PM MST
- Where
- Minidoka County, 5 mi NE of Heyburn
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.621, -113.680
Strong thunderstorm winds blew over a wooden fence northeast of Heyburn.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
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: 588561, 588562, 588563, 588565.