Tornado, Ada
- When
- August 3, 3:15 PM MST to 3:16 PM MST
- Where
- Ada County, 2 mi S of (Boi)gowen Fld Boise
- Rating
- F0
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 43.533, -116.217
Tornadoes in Idaho, August 3, 2000
A series of thunderstorms moved though the Treasure Valley with 4 confirmed tornadoes in Ada county. One of these tornadoes touched down near Hidden Springs with damage limited to 2 large trees being uprooted.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A series of thunderstorms moved though the Treasure Valley with 4 confirmed tornadoes in Ada county. One of these tornadoes touched down near Hidden Springs with damage limited to 2 large trees being uprooted. The path of the tornado was 10 yards wide and less than one-tenth of a mile in length. Another touched down near the intersection of Lake Hazel Road and 5 Mile Road. Damage was confined to one home where a flag pole was bent in half and a 2x4 was imbedded in the outer wall of the home. No injuries occurred and damage estimates were unavailable. The other 2 tornadoes touched down briefly south of the airport in open country. These were observed by off-duty NWS meteorologists and a trained spotter. These tornadoes caused no damage.
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
Event by event
4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ada
- When
- August 3, 3:33 PM MST to 3:34 PM MST
- Where
- Ada County, 5 mi S of (Boi)gowen Fld Boise
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -116.217
Tornado, Ada
- When
- August 3, 3:48 PM MST to 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Ada County, 3 mi W of (Boi)gowen Fld Boise
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.567, -116.283
Tornado, Ada
- When
- August 3, 3:51 PM MST to 3:52 PM MST
- Where
- Ada County, 6 mi NE of Eagle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.767, -116.267
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 3, 2000
- Hail in Florida, August 3, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 3, 2000
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: 5160197, 5160198, 5160285, 5160286.