High Wind in Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

High Wind May 17, 2024 · Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A strong cold front brought several hours of 50 to 60 mph wind gusts with extensive damage and blowing dust which dropped visibility to under a mile through the day from American Falls north to Shelley across both interstates 86 and 15. Power companied reported power outages for over a thousand customers. A small shed collapsed in Blackfoot. A large tree snapped in two at a gold course near Shelley.

The wider storm

A strong Pacific cold front brought widespread high winds and extensive damage to southeastern Idaho.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1188951. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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