Name: Hail in Idaho, July 1, 2006
Start: 2006-07-01T18:29
End: 2006-07-01T18:29
Location: Idaho

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Jul 1, 1:32 PM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:32 PM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
232 PM PDT SAT JUL 1 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP HOT TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO EACH AFTERNOON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...HOT WEATHER PATTERN TO RULE THROUGH THE LONG HOLIDAY
WEEKEND AS THERMAL RIDGE AXIS STAYS IN PLACE OVER THE CWA. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH
AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...ATMOSPHERE REMAINS
UNSTABLE AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
BLUES TO BE AROUND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW
STORMS COULD MAKE THEIR WAYS INTO VALLEY LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF
SPOKANE. DISCOUNTED 12Z WRF AS IT APPEARS TO HAVE CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK PROBLEMS OVER THE CWA. IT WANTS TO BRING A STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO ON THE
MORNING OF THE FOURTH. WILL UP POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORIES
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND
HEAT. CR

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LATEST 12Z EXTENDED MODELS ARE NOT IN
GREAT AGREEMENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME. LATE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN MODELS FINALLY BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE AS
AN UPPER TROUGH BREAKS THROUGH THE RIDGE. THIS SOLUTION WOULD
RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AFTER THE TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH AS
WELL AS A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE
UKMET AND NOGAPS MODEL SOLUTIONS KEEP THE UPPER TROUGH OFF THE
COAST WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW PERSISTING THROUGH
AT LEAST FRIDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS NOT VERY HIGH WITH THE
DETAILS FOR THIS POSSIBLE PATTERN CHANGE. FOR NOW WILL LEAN
TOWARDS THE GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN MODEL SOLUTIONS...BUT KEEP
TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE AS RIDGE MAY BE A LITTLE
SLOWER TO BREAK DOWN GIVEN ITS CURRENT STRENGTH. JW

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 22Z-03Z
OVER MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN. CR

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        61  93  63  95  65  93 /  10  10  10  20   0  20
COEUR DALENE  54  93  61  94  63  93 /  10  10  10  20   0  20
PULLMAN        56  91  57  92  58  92 /  20  10  10  20   0  20
LEWISTON       65 100  65 101  66  98 /  20  10  20  20   0  20
COLVILLE       55  95  56  97  57  93 /  20  10  10  20   0  20
SANDPOINT      51  91  57  93  58  93 /  20  10  10  20   0  20
KELLOGG        52  91  55  93  56  93 /  30  20  20  20  10  20
MOSES LAKE     59  98  61 101  62  98 /  10  10  10  10   0  10
WENATCHEE      65  98  67 100  68  95 /  10  10  10  10   0  10
OMAK           56  99  60 101  61  96 /  10  10  10  10   0  10

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Boundary

When: July 1, 6:29 PM PST
Where: Boundary County, 10 mi SSE of Porthill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 48.867, -116.417

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, July 2006

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: 5524255.