Strong Wind — Lower Treasure Valley, Idaho

2024-02-29 · Lower Treasure Valley, Idaho

Event narrative

A member of the public reported a large tree down in their yard from strong wind gusts in Parma, ID. Around 2,000 customers around Homedale, Council, Marsing, Ontario, and Fruitvale were without power due to outages from strong winds.

Wider weather episode

Prefrontal winds ahead of a cold front brought widespread high gusts and impacts to the higher elevation summits and the Snake River Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1163217. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.