Hail, Idaho
- When
- June 4, 9:46 AM PST
- Where
- Idaho County, Cottonwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -116.350
Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 4, 2006
Unusual evere thunderstorms in the morning and early afternoon brought damaging winds and hail to portions of North Central Idaho. Several large trees were knocked down in Idaho County, causing some power outages.
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
- 4
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 happened
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
Unusual evere thunderstorms in the morning and early afternoon brought damaging winds and hail to portions of North Central Idaho. Several large trees were knocked down in Idaho County, causing some power outages. Penny sized hail covered the ground in Cottonwood. A roof was blown off a house in Salmon as the result of strong thunderstorm winds.
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 4, 9:46 AM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:46 AM PST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1146 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006
.UPDATE...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN IDAHO AND
WITH SOME CELLS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED...PLEASE SEE GTFWCNMSO FOR DETAILS.
&&
AVIATION...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH
WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS. PLEASE SEE APPROPRIATE TAFS AND
TWEBS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 910 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006)
UPDATE...ONLY UPDATE TO FORECAST THIS MORNING IS TO INCLUDE HEAVY
RAIN WORDING INTO THE GRIDS AND ZONE FORECASTS. STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST OREGON AT THE PRESENT TIME. THIS LINE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA LATER THIS
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 349 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006)
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...A STRONG UPPER TROUGH
IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FROM THE WEST. THIS
TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
TO WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS LYING
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANGEVILLE TO MISSOULA TO SEELEY LAKE THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING A FEW SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO WILL REMAIN...BUT STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE DECREASE AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE EXITING TROUGH. MONDAY INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT WILL BE MAINLY DRY AS RIDGING REBOUNDS AND TEMPERATURES
WARM. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE EXTREME NORTHWEST MONTANA
WHICH COULD SEE A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AS THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE
JET STREAM.
LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS
A RESULT OF A DIGGING TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST WILL USHER IN
MOISTURE AND WEAK DISTURBANCES CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE TROUGH LOOKS TO COME ON SHORE BY LATE IN
THE WEEK WHERE IT WILL MAKE FOR COOLER SHOWERY CONDITIONS INTO THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MONTANA VALID THROUGH 6 PM MDT.
ID...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL IDAHO VALID THROUGH 6 PM MDT (5 PM PDT).
&&
UPDATE...STEGEMILLER
PREV DISCUSSION...GILCHRISTHazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:37 AM PST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 437 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006 IDZ005>010-MTZ005>007-043-041700- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 337 AM PDT SUN JUN 4 2006 /437 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A PASSING SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:54 AM PST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 854 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006 IDZ005>010-MTZ005>007-043-042100- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERCE...ELK RIVER...POWELL... ELK CITY...DIXIE...KOOSKIA...RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD...SHOUP... SALMON...LEADORE...HAMILTON...DARBY...SULA...ANACONDA... DEER LODGE...DRUMMOND...PHILIPSBURG 754 AM PDT SUN JUN 4 2006 /854 AM MDT SUN JUN 4 2006/ STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IDAHO LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN INTO WESTERN MONTANA BY MID AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN SEVERE CONCERN BEING FOR HIGH WINDS AND A SECONDARY CONCERN BEING FOR HAIL. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HENRY
Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:44 AM PST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1144 AM MDT SUN JUN 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1141 AM HAIL COTTONWOOD 46.05N 116.35W
06/04/2006 M0.75 INCH IDAHO ID PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PENNEY SIZED HAIL FALLING AND COVERING
THE GROUND.
&&
HENRYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:44 AM PST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1144 AM MDT SUN JUN 04 2006
CORRECTED TIME OF REPORT
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1146 AM HAIL COTTONWOOD 46.05N 116.35W
06/04/2006 M0.75 INCH IDAHO ID PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PENNEY SIZED HAIL FALLING AND COVERING
THE GROUND.
&&
HENRYThe radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 198 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:44 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Idaho
- When
- June 4, 10:17 AM PST
- Where
- Idaho County, 12 mi ENE of Kooskia
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 46.217, -115.733
Thunderstorm Wind, Idaho
- When
- June 4, 10:25 AM PST
- Where
- Idaho County, 16 mi SE of Elk City
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 45.667, -115.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Lemhi
- When
- June 4, 2:10 PM MST to 2:15 PM MST
- Where
- Lemhi County, Salmon
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.167, -113.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5511972, 5511971, 5511973, 5511970.