Wildfire, Shoshone
- When
- August 3, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Shoshone County, Prichard
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 47.352, -115.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
2 acre fire near Prichard
Flood and Wildfire in Idaho, August 3 to 7, 1999
1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kootenai
- When
- August 7, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Coeur D Alene
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -116.780
3/4" hail
Flood, Kootenai
- When
- August 7, 1:20 AM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Coeur D'Alene Arpt
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 47.675, -116.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Urban Flooding reported. Manholes covers being blown off by water surging out of storm sewer. Also many reports of street flooding
Heavy Rain, Kootenai
- When
- August 7, 1:30 AM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Coeur D Alene
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 47.675, -116.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4-6" inches of rain overnight. One boat sunk from accumulated rain water.
What these are
- 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.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strikes in Washington, August 3, 1999
- Wildfire and Lightning Strikes in Washington, August 3 to 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3 to 28, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 3, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 3, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Nevada, August 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 3 to 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 3 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 1999
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: 5716484, 5716483, 5716480, 5716481.