A shortwave with low level jet support pushed through the region on November 11. It brought strong winds across North Idaho Panhandle.
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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 OTX wrote it up.
A shortwave with low level jet support pushed through the region on November 11. It brought strong winds across North Idaho Panhandle. The Central Idaho Panhandle received gusts in the range of 35 to 45 MPH. North Idaho and Lower Idaho Panhandle areas received winds in the 20 to 30 MPH. Around 700 customers lost power.
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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 10, 3:54 PM PST, 19 hours 51 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway sensor near Chatcolet recorded a gust of 39 MPH at 1245LST. Local utility company reported 143 customers without power.
Local utility company reported 208 customers without power 3 miles Northeast of Oldtown. A wind gust of 34 MPH was recorded near Oldtown at 1615LST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, November 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1149585, 1149590.