Idaho, 1998Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Idaho, July 2 to 31, 1998
July 2 to 31, 1998 · NWS OTX · 17 events in 6 counties and zones
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $425,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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.
Event by event
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Benewah
- When
- July 2, 5:10 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Benewah County, St Maries
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 47.218, -116.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
a 2 acre wildfire threatened St. Maries High School.
Hail, Benewah
- When
- July 2, 9:53 PM PST
- Where
- Benewah County, 2 mi S of Santa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 47.120, -116.450
three quarter inch diameter hail
Thunderstorm Wind, Nez Perce
- When
- July 9, 6:14 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lapwai
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -116.800
power lines down and trees blown down. one tree blown down onto trailer house. 1 male injured.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nez Perce
- When
- July 9, 6:32 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Kendrick
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -116.630
strong wind bending large tree branches and trees blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latah
- When
- July 9, 6:40 PM PST
- Where
- Latah County, Juliaetta
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -116.700
trees and power lines blown down. small fire started from downed power line.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latah
- When
- July 9, 6:57 PM PST
- Where
- Latah County, Moscow
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.730, -117.000
8 inch diameter trees snapped. many power lines down.
Hail, Benewah
- When
- July 9, 7:31 PM PST
- Where
- Benewah County, Emida
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.120, -116.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Benewah
- When
- July 9, 7:45 PM PST to 7:50 PM PST
- Where
- Benewah County, St Maries
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -116.580
numerous trees down along St. Joe River. tree down on pickup truck. high winds forced car off the road into a sewer pond.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latah
- When
- July 9, 7:55 PM PST to 7:58 PM PST
- Where
- Latah County, Potlatch
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -116.880
many power lines and trees down. possible funnel cloud.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kootenai
- When
- July 9, 8:20 PM PST to 8:45 PM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Cataldo
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.550, -116.330
60 mph wind gust at 4th of July Pass. Highway 3 closed from Cataldo to Medimont due to downed trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kootenai
- When
- July 9, 8:50 PM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Spirit Lake
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -116.870
small fire started from trees blowing onto power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boundary
- When
- July 10, 2:30 PM PST to 2:35 PM PST
- Where
- Boundary County, Copeland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.900, -116.380
60 mph wind gust with small trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nez Perce
- When
- July 10, 6:50 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, (Lws)nez Perce Muni
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- ARPT EQUIP(AWOS,ASOS)
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -116.700
63 mph wind gust at the airport while 15 - 12 inch diameter trees blown down crushing a car. a roof of a shed was torn off.
Flash Flood, Nez Perce
- When
- July 10, 7:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lewiston
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 46.327, -116.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
an inch of rain in 30 minutes caused several streets to flood in downtown Lewiston. a couple of basements were flooded as up to a foot of water flowed in the streets.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nez Perce
- When
- July 10, 8:00 PM PST to 8:03 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lewiston Orchards
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -116.950
Flash Flood, Shoshone
- When
- July 30, 12:30 PM PST to 1:35 PM PST
- Where
- Shoshone County, Kellogg
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 47.352, -115.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
over 2 inches in less than an hour lead to locally flooding in the city of Kellogg with I90 temporarily shut down between Kellogg and Cataldo. Main Street was flooding including many businesses, the library, the police department and the fire station.
Flash Flood, Kootenai
- When
- July 31, 4:45 PM PST to 5:15 PM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Coeur D Alene
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 47.675, -116.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
heavy rains and local flooding in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2 to 27, 19982 deaths · 65 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 2 to 25, 1998$3.5 million · 2 in hail · 36 events
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 2, 1998$400,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Montana, July 2, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 1998$50,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, July 2 to 4, 1998$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 2, 1998$25,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2 to 3, 1998$15,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 1998$15,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 19981.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 19981.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 2, 19981 in hail · 3 events
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: 5659958, 5659841, 5659847, 5659842, 5659848, 5659843, 5659844, 5659850, 5659845, 5659846, 5659849, 5659852, 5659853, 5659855, 5659854, 5659956, 5659957.