Idaho, 2002

Hail in Idaho, July 25, 2002

July 25, 2002 · 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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  • Hail
  • 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 25, 1:25 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:25 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
225 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2002

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIH CWA WITH A LINE
OF TS FROM ARCO TO ABERDEEN.  VERY SHARP CAPE GRADIENT FROM 200 NEAR
LLJ TO OVER 1000 J/KG ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN WITH MODEST H3/H5 DIFF
PVA AND HIGH PWS (> 0.8 INCH).  VERTICAL SHEAR HAS ALSO INCREASED THIS
AFTERNOON (AS PER KSFX VWP AND PROFILERS) AND SOME STORMS HAVE
EXHIBITED ROTATION AS PER SPOTTER REPORTS.  THE 12 UTC ETA MODEL TAKES
THIS FEATURE EAST TONIGHT AND OUT OF THE AREA DURING FRI.  THUS THE
20-40% POPS FOR PERIODS 1-3 SEEMS REASONABLE THEN DOWN TO 10-20% ON
SAT AS A SECOND WAVE SLIDES SE ALONG AXIS OF BUILDING RIDGE OFF THE
WEST US COAST.  SUN...DRIER NW FLOW OVER THE REGION WITH 0-10% POPS.

EXTENDED...DRIER AIR PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION FOR MON-THU AS UPPER
HIGH BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN.

TA

.KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

BYI 60/85/58/82 3322

.PIH...NONE.

PIH BB 057/086 052/083 047 04332

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Oneida

When
July 25, 2:55 PM MST to 3:05 PM MST
Where
Oneida County, Juniper
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.133, -112.983

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

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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: 5307567.