Alert archive / Idaho / 1997
Weather alerts in Idaho, May 1997
76 weather alerts in May 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 76
- Warnings
- 74
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 31, 199745 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Canyon | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Elmore | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Canyon, Owyhee | 42 min |
| May 15, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Owyhee | 59 min |
| May 16, 3:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Idaho | 62 min |
| May 16, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Adams | 57 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Idaho | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 63 min |
| May 16, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 63 min |
| May 16, 7:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 79 min |
| May 16, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 79 min |
| May 16, 7:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 75 min |
| May 16, 7:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 63 min |
| May 16, 8:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 69 min |
| May 17, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 31 min |
| May 20, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock | 37 min |
| May 20, 2:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock | 44 min |
| May 21, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia | 45 min |
| May 21, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock | 27 min |
| May 21, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Power | 30 min |
| May 21, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock | 37 min |
| May 21, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Caribou | 29 min |
| May 21, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham | 40 min |
| May 21, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Franklin | 40 min |
| May 21, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Franklin | 28 min |
| May 30, 1:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary | 16 hr |
| May 31, 10:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Canyon, Owyhee | 69 min |
| May 31, 10:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gem | 69 min |
| May 31, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Elmore | 49 min |
| May 31, 1:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Clearwater | 53 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Latah, Nez Perce | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Lewis | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Latah, Nez Perce | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lewis | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine | 51 min |
| May 31, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Minidoka | 46 min |
| May 31, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 60 min |
| May 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Bonner, Kootenai | 67 min |
| May 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Benewah | 67 min |
| May 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Bonner | 67 min |
| May 31, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai | 67 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine | 32 min |
| May 31, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Shoshone | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Power | 48 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Latah, Nez Perce | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Lewis | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Latah, Nez Perce | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lewis | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Butte | 26 min |
| May 31, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Clearwater | 40 min |
| May 31, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia | 37 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham | 40 min |
| May 31, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary | 52 min |
| May 31, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Power | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Butte | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Nez Perce | 25 min |
| May 31, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Shoshone | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham | 37 min |
| May 31, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 31, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham | 36 min |
| May 31, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Jefferson | 19 min |
| May 31, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Oneida | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia | 37 min |
| May 31, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Caribou | 27 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 55 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 14 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Owyhee County15
- Bannock County9
- Bingham County8
- Ada County6
- Cassia County6
- Nez Perce County6
- Bonner County5
- Latah County5
- Lewis County5
- Canyon County4
- Power County4
- Elmore County3
- Idaho County3
- Caribou County3
- Benewah County3
- Clearwater County3
- Kootenai County3
- Shoshone County3
- Custer County3
- Blaine County3
- Butte County3
- Jefferson County3
- Adams County2
- Fremont County2
- Franklin County2
- Boundary County2
- Gem County2
- Jerome County2
- Minidoka County2
- Twin Falls County2
- Valley County1
- Washington County1
- Boise County1
- Bonneville County1
- Camas County1
- Clark County1
- Gooding County1
- Lincoln County1
- Madison County1
- Payette County1
2 more counties
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.