Heavy Rain, Bannock
- When
- July 25, 3:40 PM MST to 4:28 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Coordinates
- 42.669, -112.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
0.80 inch of precipitation along Pocatello Creek.
Flood and Heavy Rain in Idaho, July 25, 1997
1 heavy rain, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Bannock
- When
- July 25, 4:00 PM MST to 4:40 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Coordinates
- 42.669, -112.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy runoff around town flooded many streets including Center Street Underpass. A home on Sherman and Harrison Streets had water in the basement. Cars stalled in the water on 7th and 8th Streets.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Wisconsin, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Iowa, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Kentucky, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 25, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25 to 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 25, 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: 5611813, 5611814.