Tornado in Idaho
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Idaho, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Idaho.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 224
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $9.5 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado in Idaho, April 7, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, April 7, 2018A powerful storm created Funnel clouds, a tornado and extremely large hail the early evening of April 7th. Hail up to two inches in the Idaho Falls area and funnel clouds and a touchdown in Bingham County.
- Tornadoes in Idaho, August 17, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Idaho, April 9, 1991
- Tornadoes in Idaho, May 18, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, June 15, 1987
- Tornado in Idaho, June 4, 2006F2 Tornado started at 2 miles west of Bear and moved to 12 miles north east of Bear. Extensive forest damage but minimal structural damage to homes. 1 pickup truck destroyed. Trees down in camp site detroyed tents and camping gear.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 199757 mph thunderstorm gust
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000In the Riverside vicinity, one mobile home and two attached garages were destroyed. Near Pingree a set of grain silos were caved in. A cinder block building collapsed and a barn was destroyed near Groveland. In East Moreland 8 RVs were flipped and several damaged.
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, May 8, 1962
- Tornado in Idaho, September 26, 1959
- Tornado in Idaho, June 9, 1990
- Tornadoes in Idaho, February 14, 2000This tornado's track started in Bingham county where it destroyed a garage in Shelley. The Shelley High School sustained roof damage.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Idaho, May 3, 1993Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and tore the roofs off some buildings in Gem County. Four persons sustained minor injuries when the roof came off a mobile home along State Highway 52, 25 miles northwest of Boise. Heavy rain damaged the household contents.
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000Near Taylorsville a mobile home and garage were destroyed, 3 houses sustained minor roof damage and a cinder block building collapsed. Along the tornado's track, 4 center pivot and 5 wheel irrigation lines were damaged.
- Tornado in Idaho, September 11, 1968
- Tornadoes in Idaho, May 21, 1986
- Tornadoes in Idaho, April 25, 1995A series of tornados touch down in Bingham County causing damage to mobile homes, highway signs, and recreational equipment.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Idaho, March 17, 1993The Twin Falls County Sheriff's office reported strong winds associated with a thunderstorm 5 miles south of Kimberly, Idaho. Kimberly is in south central Idaho 5 miles southeast of Twin Falls. The most costly damage was done to two center- pivot irrigation systems.
- Tornado and Debris Flow in Idaho, April 3 to 30, 1997A strong Pacific storm system moved into Northern Idaho and dumped 5 inches of snow upon Sandpoint and Kellog.
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000A large metal farm building was damaged 6W of Pocatello airport: siding pushed in and roof partially removed. Nearby, a cinder block and a steel framed potato storage buildings collapsed. A large grain silo sustained severe damage.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Idaho, July 22, 2008Severe weather developed ahead of a low moving into Oregon as a moist, southerly flow provided the fuel for wildfire threat associated with the copious lightning activity and flash flood, high wind and large hail theats across Southeast Oregon and Southeast Idaho.
- Tornado in Idaho, March 25, 2006F0 tornado touched down in the southeastern part of Blackfoot near Robertson Street and moved up University and Schilling Streets before lifting near the State Fairgrounds. Four trees downed at St Paul's Episcopal Church on Schilling Street.
- Tornado in Idaho, June 1, 2002A tornado touched down just southwest of Roberts at 407 PM MDT near interstate 15 at exit 135. The tornado moved northeast through the town of Roberts damaging roofs, mobile homes, automobiles and downing large trees and utility poles.
- Tornadoes in Idaho, May 15, 1984
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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.