Hail, Cassia
- When
- May 31, 5:05 PM MST to 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, Sublett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -113.130
Quarter-size hail covered the ground and stripped leaves from trees.
Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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
- 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.
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cassia
- When
- May 31, 5:05 PM MST to 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, Sublett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -113.130
Hail the size of quarters dented metal siding of sheds and trailer homes, severly damaged outside house plants, chopped down alfalfa, severely damaged outside house plants, and accumulated to about one inch on ground. Weather spotter remarked that hail remained on the ground until the next morning. Sublett Road from Sublett to Sublett Reservoir was flooded with 6 to 12 inches of water.
Funnel Cloud, Cassia
- When
- May 31, 5:10 PM MST to 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, Sublett
- Coordinates
- 42.284, -113.600 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brief funnel cloud observed with Sublett storm.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 31, 1997
More
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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: 5603763, 5603764, 5603765.