Hail, Ada
- When
- May 16, 1:15 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Ada County, Boise
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.617, -116.217
Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 16, 2000
A line of thunderstorms moved through Southwest Idaho with reports of 1 inch hail in Boise and Ada counties and wind gusts to 60 mph in Canyon county. Caldwell and Meridian due to numerous trees and limbs down on power lines.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved through Southwest Idaho with reports of 1 inch hail in Boise and Ada counties and wind gusts to 60 mph in Canyon county. Idaho power company reported power outages in Nampa....Caldwell and Meridian due to numerous trees and limbs down on power lines.
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boise
- When
- May 16, 1:15 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Boise County, Horseshoe Bend
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.917, -116.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Canyon
- When
- May 16, 1:15 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Canyon County, Nampa
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.583, -116.567
What these are
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5147255, 5147256, 5147257.