Idaho, 2001

Hail in Idaho, July 15, 2001

July 15, 2001 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 8:55 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:55 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
955 AM MDT SUN JUL 15 2001

MAIN VORT FEATURE NORTH OF WEY AND PULLING E/NE WITH UPPER DIVERGENCE
MAXIMUM.  LAPS AND AREA 88DS SHOW ECHOES MOSTLY OVER NORTHERN TIER OF
PIH CWA AND MOVING QUICKLY NORTH WITH LOCALLY STRONG CELLS TRAILING S
OVER EASTERN BLAINE COUNTY AND ARCO DESERT.  OVER SOUTHERN PART OF
AREA ENOUGH CLEARING FOR FREE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.
INSTABILITY CHARTS PUT LIS -1 TO -2 OVER NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND UPPER
SNAKE PLAIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON.  TREND IS FOR CONTINUED SW FLOW ALOFT
AS UPPER LOW NEAR VANCOUVER ISLE AT 18Z SHIFTS SLOWLY EAST.  MEANWHILE
WEAK H8 HIGH LINGERS ALONG ID/WY BORDER.  FORECAST WILL AVERAGE OUT TO
SCATTERED POPS TODAY IN MOST LOCATIONS.  ZONES TO BE AMENDED FOR AREAL
TRENDS IN POPS.

TA

BYI 81/56/83 221

.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

PIH EB 081/055 084/050 080 05221

.PIH...NONE

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bannock

When
July 15, 12:30 PM MST to 12:50 PM MST
Where
Bannock County, Arimo
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.567, -112.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, July 2001

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: 5257830.