Hail, Idaho
- When
- June 26, 6:12 PM PST
- Where
- Idaho County, Dixie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -115.467
Hail in Idaho, June 26, 2004
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 11:37 AM PST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:37 AM PST, 6 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
137 PM MDT SAT JUN 26 2004
.UPDATE...UPDATING THE AFD TO MENTION THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED
FOR THE 2003 FOREST FIRE AFFECTED BASINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WILL ADD MENTION IN THIS AFTERNOONS ZFP.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MAIN FORECAST
CHALLENGE IN THE SHORT TERM IS HOW WIDESPREAD AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GET TODAY AND TONIGHT. MANY FACTORS ARE PLAYING
OUT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL IDAHO AND
WESTERN MONTANA. THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAST NIGHT OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG AND THROUGH THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
GREAT DIVIDE TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER A
SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE INTO
CENTRAL IDAHO. CIRRUS BLOW OFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST MONTANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY INHIBIT FURTHER
CONVECTION IN THIS AREA...PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED TO HAVE THE STRONGEST
DEVELOPMENT. IN OTHER AREAS...CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON
SHOULD ALLOW ENOUGH HEATING TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS UNSTABLE
MOIST ENVIRONMENT. THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE
THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THESE ARE
KEY ELEMENTS WHEN COMBINED WITH CONVECTION TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY
OVER THE BURN AREAS. ANOTHER THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE THUNDERSTORM
WINDS. LAPSE RATES ARE HIGH ENOUGH OVER LEMHI COUNTY TO POTENTIALLY
PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THIS UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH BREAKS IN
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
EVENING. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH THE
BEST CHANCES IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL BE MAKING LITTLE CHANGE
TO THE FORECAST. MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUING...MAKING FOR MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND THE EXTENDED
MODELS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE...HOWEVER IT IS LOOKING LIKE THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE IN A SOMEWHAT ACTIVE PATTERN FAVORING ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE WITH WIDESPREAD ABOVE NORMAL READINGS.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE 2003 FOREST FIRE BURN AREAS UNTIL 930
PM THIS EVENING...
ID...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/STEGEMILLER
LONG TERM/GILCHRISTHazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:40 PM PST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 340 PM MDT (240 PM PDT) SAT JUN 26 2004 IDZ005>008-MTZ001>006-043-271200- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BLACKFOOT REGION- 340 PM MDT (240 PM PDT) SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA .DAY ONE... TODAY SLOW MOVING VERY MOIST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SOME STORMS HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERELY BURNED AREAS OF WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ009-010-MTZ007-271200- WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BUTTE/PINTLAR REGION- 340 PM MDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA .DAY ONE... TODAY AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE HAS SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THIS THREAT SHOULD END JUST AFTER SUNDOWN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:50 PM PST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
450 PM MDT SAT JUN 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM HAIL ALBERTON 47.00N 114.47W
06/26/2004 0.88 INCH MINERAL MT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 26 to 27, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 26, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, June 26 to 27, 2004
- Strong Wind in Vermont, June 26, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 26, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 26, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Colorado, June 26, 2004
- Hail in Colorado, June 26, 2004
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2004
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: 5404256.