High Wind in Eastern Lemhi County, Idaho

High Wind September 7, 2020 – September 8, 2020 · Eastern Lemhi County, Idaho

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

$60K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Appropriately 40 mature Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir trees were blown down along 4th of July Creek Road northeast of Carmen. Several campers were trapped by the falling trees. In addition, around 20 cottonwood and aspen trees were either uprooted or had tops snapped out along Carmen Creek. Isolated tree damage was noted around Salmon. Power and phone outages occurred because of downed trees.

The wider storm

Unseasonably cold air spilled into the region resulting in strong northeast winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 910771. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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