Madison storm history

Extensive snow melt combines with heavy rains to create extensive sheet flooding problems in Madison County. 200 miles of county roads were washed out or damaged. the worst of it came on March 22nd with heavy rains over the county. The majority of the road damage was in the easte…

Several reports of large tree limbs down from thunderstorm outflow winds with a fence also damaged.

Lightning strikes caused a power outage near S 5500 W and W 1000 S near Plano.

Madison County EM reported minor snowmelt flooding coming from an elevated bench area east of Thornton. The water was cascading down the hill, pooling into farm fields adjoining the neighborhoods and threatening to inundate homes. Sandbagging prevented further property damage to …

Several trees downed in the Kelly Mountain area, Kelly Canyon Trail, and Kelly Canyon Resort. One trail was blocked.

Rocky Mountain Power reported power outages northeast of Herbert due to thunderstorm winds.

Madison County Sheriffs Office reported E 8000 S closed at S 6200 E due to downed wires.

Madison County Sheriffs Office reported wires downed across the county with numerous power outages.

Three power poles snapped off along E 2000 N. Photos received via social media.

Multiple large trees snapped off at a residence including two pines estimated at over 2 feet in diameter. Power poles snapped off at base.

Madison County Emergency management reported significant damage to electrical infrastructure. Multiple power poles snapped off and wired down along 2000 N between 5000 E and 9000 E in addition to estimates of 100 power poles downed across the area.

Rocky Mountain Power reports over 160 customers without power southwest of Teton due to thunderstorm winds.

A 62 mph wind gust measured at PC141 Canyon Creek.

A large tree downed on a home in the 6000 W area southwest of Rexburg with significant damage to structure.

Sugar City mesonet measured a 72 mph wind gust. A house was damaged from a falling tree with powerlines on branches.

The Rexburg airport ASOS measured a 67 mph wind gust from thunderstorm outflow.

Numerous tree limbs down on Country Rd.

The Moody RAWS measured 58 mph wind gust.

Heavy rainfall in the range of 1 to 2 inches in less than two hours caused flash flooding in Rexburg with sandbagging occurring and several basements of homes occurring. Street flooding occurred with flooding along Yale Avenue and the Trejo and Mariah area.

The beginning of snowmelt caused some flooding and county roads to wash away east of Rexburg. Madison County closed two roads due to wash out and one due to two mud slides near each other. The mud slides occurred on 6000 East. The roads are in largely agricultural areas. Few home…

A 64 mph wind gust measured at the Canyon Creek mesonet site.

Thunderstorm winds felled a tree which fell on a power line starting a small wildfire.

Several funnels spotted with rotating wall cloud.

Funnel cloud seen over the Rexburg LDS temple.

A storm chaser estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Rexburg.

A tree fell down and damaged a house in Thornton. A shed on Teton Road in eastern Madison County was destroyed.

Several large tree limbs and one large healthy tree snapped near Lyman-Union Road.

A storm survey found several large cottonwood limbs removed from trees near Archer.

Sugar City mesonet site recorded 58 mph wind gust.

Funnel cloud photographed from Sugar City.

Funnel cloud photographed in Rexburg.

Extremely heavy rain caused mud slides and flooding mainly across the Squired Dugway area. A lot of gravel roads suffered damage. The Squired Dugway area had three homes and several outbuildings damages with livestock threatened.

One inch hail reported 4 miles west of Rexburg.

Thunderstorm outflow winds caused damage in Madison County with the Emergency manager reporting costs of $35,000.

Minor flooding continued through the first half of June in Madison County requiring road repairs with field flooding damaging agricultural crops and money required for levee repairs.

Minor flooding continued through May in Madison County requiring road repairs with field flooding damaging agricultural crops and money required for levee repairs.

Madison County declared a flood emergency. Action was taken to help mitigate river bank erosion. Erosion occurred due to the high runoff. Some flooding occurred 6 miles east of Lorenzo Highway near Twin Bridges. Over 300 truck loads of riprap rock was delivered to the Sunnydell i…

Minor flooding continued across Madison County in March with continued road damage and field flooding.

The combination of very cold temperatures and extensive snowfall in December and January with a rapid warmup in February caused sheet flooding and some road damage throughout the county. The property damage in Madison County was very limited compared to other counties in the regi…

Estimated 60 mph wind gust in Thornton with power flickering on and off.

A 60 mph wind gust recorded at the Rexburg airport ASOS.

A 60 mph wind gust measured at Sugar City mesonet site.

One inch hail in Rexburg.

Facebook photographs revealed 1.75 inch hail in Rexburg.

A trained spotter traveling on Salem Highway 4 reported several 3 to 4 inch tree branches laying in the road.

Pictures of funnel clouds received 1 mile northwest of Plano.

Funnel cloud photographed near Rexburg at around 2 pm MDT.

Multiple trained spotters reported 60 mph winds from a thunderstorm outflow boundary in Rexburg.