Idaho, 1997Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
May 21, 1997 · NWS PIH · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Hail, Cassia
- When
- May 21, 1:00 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, 3 mi W of Heglar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -113.220
The hail lasted 30 minutes with two inches of accumulation. This was the most hail the weather spotter had seen in 25 years.
Hail, Cassia
- When
- May 21, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, 1 mi E of Heglar
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -113.130
Hail, Power
- When
- May 21, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Power County, Neeley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -112.880
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 21 to 31, 19971 death · 2 injured · $680,000 · F1 · 47 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, May 21 to 27, 1997$2.0 million · F0 · 21 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 21, 1997$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 19971 in hail · 4 events
- Flood in Washington, May 21 to 24, 19971 event
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1997$500 · 1 event
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 19971.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 21, 19971 event
- Flood in Mississippi, May 21, 19971 event
- High Wind in Alaska, May 21 to 22, 19971 event
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 21, 1997$10,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Montana, May 21, 19971 event
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: 5605542, 5605543, 5605544.