Heavy Rain, Owyhee
- When
- May 16, 3:35 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Owyhee County, Nr Hammett on I84
- Coordinates
- 42.582, -116.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Idaho, May 16, 1996
Thunderstorm activity produced heavy rain in Southwestern Idaho. Over 2 inches of rain fell in under three hours at Three Island State Park causing minor flooding in the parking lots at the park.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
Thunderstorm activity produced heavy rain in Southwestern Idaho. Over 2 inches of rain fell in under three hours at Three Island State Park causing minor flooding in the parking lots at the park. Several reports of heavy rain occured in Twin Falls county. Filer reported 1/2 inch of flooding. Near Hammett on I-84 a thunderstorm produced heavy rain and hail which brought visiblities down to zero stopping traffic until the storm passed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flooding in Montana, May 16, 1996
- Flood in California, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flood in Utah, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, May 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556281.