Clearwater storm history

Heavy rain lead to a fallen tree across U.S. Highway 12 near milepost 52 and subsequent car accident at 4:08 am on the 5th. One person was injured in the incident and the highway was blocked for one and a half hours.

Abundant rain and low elevation snow melt in the upper portions of Orofino Creek near Pierce led to high stream flows on the 15th, followed by minor flooding on the 16th. Multiple homes and property were sandbagged to prevent flooding across southwest portions of the county. Jim …

Strong winds downed trees, leading to an extended power outage in the Glenwood area.

A person on Facebook reported large hail south of Weippe.

By 7:10 pm PDT, the Idaho Department of Transport began to receive reports of water, rocks, and mud on US-95 between mile marker 196-204, centered on MM200. This slide briefly closed both directions of the highway.

Nickel to quarter-sized hail was reported in the town of Harpster, Idaho.

The Spot Mountain Lookout in the Bitterroot National Forest reported quarter-size hail during the morning hours of July 3rd, as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area.

Very heavy rainfall with amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches combined with snow melt over a several day period led to overland flooding with rock, mud and water along portions of Clear Creek Road, Sally Ann Road, and on State Highway 13 along the South Fork Clearwater River halfwa…

Spotter estimated the hailstones were up to 2.00 inches in diameter.

Public estimated 1.25 inch hail with wind gusts to 25 mph.

The public reported half dollar sized (1.25 in) hail that fell in the woods near Headquarters, ID. Pictures confirmed the size of hail.

A law enforcement office reported mostly 1 hail but a few were up to half-dollar size. The hail accumulated up to 12 inches in places.

One tree, possibly a yellow pine, twisted off 20 to 30 feet above the ground. A 2nd yellow pine smashed into a vacant trailer house while a 3rd yellow pine was uprooted from the high winds. The severe winds combined with large hail also peppered the sides of a few farming structu…

A law enforcement officer estimated that between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell and caused a nearby creek to swell to 3 feet in width and a couple feet in depth.

The COOP observer measured 1.66 inches of rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 am Aug. 15. Most likely this rainfall amount was associated with the supercell thunderstorm that tracked over the area.

A farmer reported major property and crop damage due to both large hail and wind. The property damage included 5 rental home roofs, siding from 3 homes, several windows, and 12 garage doors that either were dented or destroyed. Approximately 75% of his spring wheat crop, approxim…

A farmer reported around 12 trees (pine and red fir) broke between 6 and 16 feet above the ground. A bull pine near 3 feet in diameter at the base, broke off around 6 feet from the ground and destroyed a trailer house.

The USDA reported that at least 400 acres of hard red spring wheat were destroyed and 700 acres were damaged. They also reported that 183.6 acres of soft wheat were destroyed and 189.2 acres were damaged. All in all, the total crop damage tallied at $425,000.

Numerous pine and cedar trees were blown down by the wind in the Orofino area. The largest tree diameter was 28 inches. Many trees fell onto power lines causing highway 12 and other roads to close for up to 4 hours. Thirty percent of roof shingles were blown off.

A spotter measured hail of 1.75 inch diameter.

A spotter estimated hail at 1.75 inches. In addition 1.25 inches of rain fell in 1.5 hours.

A trained spotter estimated 1.25 inch diameter hail.

A trained spotter estimated golf ball sized hail in Orofino.

A spotter estimated 1.00 inch hail 3 miles NE of Orofino.

A spotter estimated 1.25 inch hail 5 miles NE of Orofino.

Spotter estimated quarter sized hail 2 miles NW of Orofino.

The equipment at Pierce reported 0.84 inches of rain in 24 hours.

The equipment at Cool Creek reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.90 inches.

The equipment reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.90 inches.

The spotter at Headquarters reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.80 inches.

The observation equipment at Shanghi Summit reported 1.00 inch of rainfall.

Equipment at Pierce reported 0.81 inches of rainfall and Pierce USFS ranger station reported 0.70 inch.

Hail was estimated at 0.75 inch diameter.

Widespread power outages in the Orofino area. Trees Down near the prison, hospital and hidden valley areas. Storage building blown out on Highway 12 west of Orofino.

Damage to tree due to estimated 60 mph wind gust. Also heard on scanner about other damage around the area. Including trees on cars, roads and structures.

Several trees down across highways 11 and 3, blocking traffic. One trailer park was being evacuated due to tree damage on residences.

Numerous blow downs throughout Clearwater County. Spotter reported 18 and 20 inch diameter trees broken at the base and mid-section respectively. Power and phone service was knocked out. A 26 foot airstream trailer was moved off its jack. Fire starts from lightning were also repo…

A trained spotter reported several pine trees bent down/over with branches estimated at six inches in diameter broken off of trees from reported thunderstorm winds.

A severe weather spotter reported hearing on a scanner that trees were blown down onto Highway 12 west of Orofino from gusty winds. A newspaper article confirmed that trees and power lines were blown down onto the highway near the Riverside Motel and Stoddard Electric. Traffic wa…

A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph from a passing thunderstorm.

A trained spotter reported damage to a boat dock and several boats at the Dworshak Reservoir. Numerous trees were also reported blown down, causing a power outage in Orofino with fire starts.

A trained spotter reported penny size hail and numerous trees and branches blown down from downtown Orofino to 5 miles northwest of Orofino.

A trained spotter reported penny size hail. The Dent, ID RAWAS observation station recorded a wind gust of 54 MPH.

Elk River recreation district reported penny sized hail.

Media reported a funnel cloud over Cardiff.

Trained spotters reported nickel and penny sized hail.

Emergency manager relayed a live report of a funnel cloud near Orofino with thunderstorm winds up to 60 mph.

Emergency manager, USFS personnel and storm spotters reported numerous large trees and limbs blown down (intermittantly) along the storm track.

Weather spotters reported penny sized hail 11 miles east of Orofino and golf ball sized hail over Cardiff.