Wind Advisory

Incident Type: Wind Advisory

Date and Time of Incident: October 14, 2016

Reporting Officer: Fire Inspector/Investigator Craig Etherton PIO

Reporting Officer Phone: 208-659-8986                   

Reporting Officer Email: [email protected]

Narrative:

This morning the Kootenai County Fire Chiefs met and discussed the current weather advisory.  No significant incidents were reported as a result of the wind and rain overnight.  One tree was reported to have fallen into the roadway, near US Highway 95 and Government Way which created a traffic slowdown but no injuries.

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will receive an updated weather report before noon today.  The second wave of the storm system was forecasted to come through Kootenai County between 11:00am and 7:00 pm today.

Latest weather forecast:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?minlon=-121.08&maxlon=-114.85&minlat=45.69&maxlat=49.2&mapwidth=354&site=otx&zmx=2&zmy=2&map.x=244&map.y=129#.WAEa7lIzUc8

Avista, Kootenai Electric and Inland Power all reported some power outages and crews are working to repair those issues.

Outage maps on the utility company websites this morning showed:

Avista                          – 0 outages in Kootenai County

Kootenai Electric        – 17 outages near Twin Lakes with crews assigned

Inland Power              - 37 outages in Kootenai County

http://outagemap.myavista.com/external/default.html

https://ebill.kec.com/woViewer/mapviewer.html?config=Outage+Map

https://smarthub.inlandpower.com/woViewer/mapviewer.html?config=Outage+Web+Map