Hail, Bannock
- When
- May 21, 1:00 PM MST to 1:05 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -112.430
Hail was observed in Johnny Creek Area
Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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 Pocatello radar (KSFX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bannock
- When
- May 21, 1:15 PM MST to 1:25 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -112.430
County Emergency Director reported quarter-size hail at County Jail in SE part of Pocatello
Hail, Bannock
- When
- May 21, 1:25 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -112.430
Reported by weather spotter about 1 mile southeast of County Jail.
Hail, Bannock
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Bannock County, Pocatello
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -112.430
Spotter on south end of Pocatello near golf course reported 1.05 inches of rain and dime-size hail
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 21 to 31, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, May 21 to 27, 1997
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Flood in Washington, May 21 to 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 21, 1997
- Flood in Mississippi, May 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 21 to 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 21, 1997
- Flood in Montana, May 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, May 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: 5605655, 5605656, 5605657, 5605658.