High Wind in Arco-mud Lake Desert, Idaho

High Wind March 14, 2026 · Arco-mud Lake Desert, Idaho

89 mph

Measured gust (77 kt)

$150K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak gust of 89 mph was recorded at East Butte. INL Puzzle recorded 79 mph and Tom Cat Summit 77 mph. Several dozen of gusts over 60 mph occurred in the Arco-Mud Lake Desert Region through the day. Just west southwest of Hamer a power line was downed and caused a wildfire that burned and destroyed 800 tons of hay along with complete loss of two power poles.

The wider storm

Yet another in a week of extremely strong winds occurred with the strongest wind day with a peak of 89 mph at East Butte and several gusts over 70 mph throughout the state. Interstate 15 was pre-emptively closed from Shelley to north of Idaho Falls in anticipation of the extreme event. It was a widespread event with some damage and power outages occurring as well.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327851. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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