Name: Hail in Idaho, May 26, 2002
Start: 2002-05-26T15:19
End: 2002-05-26T15:19
Location: Idaho

Where it happened

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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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON
230 PM PDT SUN MAY 26 2002

UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SEVERAL
WAVES TO MOVE EAST OVER THE CWA WITH THE STRONGEST WAVE LIKELY TO BE
ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. FLOW ALOFT TO STAY ZONAL FOR A
CONTINUED THREAT OF SHOWERS.  WITH THE ZONAL FLOW OR SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALWAYS A GOOD BET TO KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH CASCADE
CREST WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE DOWNWIND. WILL UP THE POPS ON MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE MORE VIGOROUS SYSTEM.
BALMY DAYS AND PLEASANT NIGHTS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR 50 AT NIGHT
AND DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 70S...OR LOCALLY IN THE LOW 80S.

.EXTENDED...SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE
EXTENDED AS THE TROUGH REMAINS OFF THE WEST COAST AS A HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE BUILDS NORTH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREAS. LOOKS LIKE THE STORM
TRACK SHOULD STAY TO THE NORTH AND GO INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. SO IN
VIEW OF THIS AND WITH CONCURRENCE WITH BORDERING OFFICES WILL REMOVE
MENTION OF ANY SHOWERS IN THE EXTENDED. BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESSION AND
THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST STARTS TO MOVE.

...THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRODUCT CONCERNING WARNINGS AND FORECASTS
IS VALID ONLY AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE. THE LATEST WARNING AND
FORECAST INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND IN THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS...

GEG 050/071/049/069/050/075 223322
COE 048/070/050/068/048/073 223322
PUW 048/070/050/068/049/074 223322
LWS 055/079/054/078/054/081 223322
CQV 050/075/052/073/053/076 324422
SPT 047/069/049/067/049/070 324422
WWP 046/066/048/064/048/069 325522
EAT 053/076/054/074/054/078 112321
MWH 050/078/052/076/054/080 112211

.OTX...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ST. JOE RIVER IN BENEWAH AND SHOSHONE
       COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lewis

When: May 26, 3:19 PM PST
Where: Lewis County, Winchester
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.233, -116.617

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

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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: 5299488.