High Wind in Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

High Wind March 12, 2026 · Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 58 mph wind gust measured at Rising river mesonet site. A roof was blown off a chicken coop with fences blown over at a farm near Rockford. The wind caused power outages in Shelley affecting about 100 customers.

The wider storm

Another cold frontal passage brought damaging winds to eastern Idaho especially in the Idaho Falls area with dust storms, extensive tree damage and multiple multi car interstate 15 accidents in the blowing dust.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327457. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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