Lightning, Nez Perce
- When
- July 21, 4:34 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lewiston
- Coordinates
- 46.327, -116.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Local paper reported 300 acre grass fire started by lightning
Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 21 to 31, 1997
2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 4
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.
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Shoshone
- When
- July 31, 2:55 PM PST
- Where
- Shoshone County, Pinehurst
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.530, -116.230
Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail
Hail, Shoshone
- When
- July 31, 3:08 PM PST
- Where
- Shoshone County, Pinehurst
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.530, -116.230
Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail that accumulated 3 inches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nez Perce
- When
- July 31, 5:50 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lenore
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.520, -116.550
Spotter reported 65 mph wind gust
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 21, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, July 21 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 21, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, July 21 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, July 1997
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: 5606618, 5606619, 5606620, 5606621.