Several reports of 1 inch hail size occurred in Bannock and Bonneville counties. Lightning damage also reported in Bingham County.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Several reports of 1 inch hail size occurred in Bannock and Bonneville counties. Lightning damage also reported in Bingham County.
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 Jun 12, 1:00 PM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 200 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT. LARGE HAIL SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS WITH THE STORMS ARE HOLDING UNDER 40MPH SO FAR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO. EXPECT COOLER TEMPS ON THURSDAY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS LIKELY FOR FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 8000 FEET AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY LOOKS RELATIVELY DRY AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY FOR THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR WITH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH LIKELY. VALLE .LONG TERM...TURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST SATURDAY WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT RETURNING TO SOUTHEAST IDAHO. SHOULD SEE A WARMING TREND WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS BY SUNDAY. EXPECT PREDOMINATELY DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC TROF PUSHING EAST BY MID WEEK. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO COOL OFF WITH THIS SYSTEM WEDNESDAY. OVERALL KEPT MOST ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NEXT WEEK. GK && .AVIATION...EXTENSIVE MOISTURE PUSHING INTO REGION ON SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SPLITTING SOUTHEAST IDAHO. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY PRETTY WIDESPREAD AND HAVE PREDOMINANT SHOWERS IN TAFS WITH VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 02 TO 03Z THIS EVENING. SHOULD REMAIN VFR EVEN IN SHOWERS. EXPECT MUCH LESS COVERAGE THURSDAY BUT WILL HAVE WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND COLD FRONT WITH 20 TO 30 KNOT SUSTAINED WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AT IDA AND PIH WITH 15 TO 25 AT BYI. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 333 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-131200- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 333 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...PART OF THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS...AND PART OF THE LOST RIVER AND PAHSIMEROI REGION. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WIND GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE REGION...BUT OTHER AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS AS INTENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT AT A MUCH DIMINISHED SEVERITY COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834. MESSICK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1225 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 IDZ017-021-022-121900- BINGHAM ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-BLAINE ID- 1225 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO NORTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO CENTRAL POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 100 PM MDT AT 1221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF IDAHOME..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DIME SIZED HAIL. LOCATIONS INCLUDE...I86 NEAR THE RAFT RIVER AREA. LAT...LON 4289 11295 4267 11270 4252 11326 4270 11335 TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 243DEG 38KT 4261 11315 DV/EP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
132 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0129 PM HAIL 4 SSE CHUBBUCK 42.87N 112.45W
06/12/2013 E0.75 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
0129 PM HAIL CHUBBUCK 42.92N 112.46W
06/12/2013 E0.50 INCH BANNOCK ID NWS EMPLOYEE
0129 PM HAIL POCATELLO 42.88N 112.47W
06/12/2013 E0.50 INCH BANNOCK ID NWS EMPLOYEE
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PANGELSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
132 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
IDZ021-022-122015-
BINGHAM ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-BANNOCK ID-
132 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTHERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 215 PM MDT
AT 130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEELEY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEELEY...
AMERICAN FALLS...
ABERDEEN...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4267 11320 4268 11317 4274 11318 4303 11279
4276 11264 4257 11307
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 226DEG 29KT 4268 11306
GK/EPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
139 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0134 PM HAIL 4 SE CHUBBUCK 42.89N 112.41W
06/12/2013 E0.50 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
153 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 PM HAIL 2 W POCATELLO AIRPORT 42.92N 112.63W
06/12/2013 E0.75 INCH POWER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
156 PM MDT WED JUN 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL 3 NE AMERICAN FALLS 42.82N 112.81W
06/12/2013 E0.25 INCH POWER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
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PANGELThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damage occurred in Blackfoot. One home on S Adams Ave had a window blown out with siding damage and damage to utility lines and appliances in the house. A telephone was knocked down near the courthouse. A trailer at the Sage Hill Travel Center was struck by lightning and destroyed.
One inch hail reported in city of Chubbuck.
One inch hail reported at corner of Pocatello Creek Road and Alameda.
One inch hail reported at home of National Weather Service Employee.
One inch hail reported by National Weather Serivice employee in the town of Palisades.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2013
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: 464554, 464517, 464520, 464521, 464522.