Hail, Idaho
- When
- July 11, 11:15 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Idaho County, Keuterville
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.030, -116.430
Hail in Idaho, July 11, 1998
Up to tennis ball sized hail broke windows west of Cottonwood, at Keuterville. Trees were down, and grain fields were totally destroyed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
Up to tennis ball sized hail broke windows west of Cottonwood, at Keuterville. Trees were down, and grain fields were totally destroyed.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 11, 1998
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 11, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 11 to 13, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 11, 1998
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: 5651190.