Hail, Nez Perce
- When
- May 5, 10:15 AM PST to 10:16 AM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lewiston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.417, -117.017
Hail in Idaho, May 5, 2000
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:08 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Nez Perce
- When
- May 5, 10:16 AM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, 20 mi ENE of Lewiston
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 46.327, -116.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Nez Perce
- When
- May 5, 10:50 AM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, 2 mi NE of Gifford
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.467, -116.517
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 5, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 5, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 2000
- Hail in Texas, May 5, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, May 5, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 5, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 5, 2000
- Hail in Arkansas, May 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 5, 2000
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, May 2000
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: 5144073, 5144075, 5144074.