Gem storm history

The mesonet station, OLSI1, at NRAWS 17, measured 1 inch of rain.

A large tree fell down and blocked southbound traffic a residential area in Emmett until it was removed.

A roof on a home was damaged from a down tree.

A large tree was down, blocking northbound traffic in a residential area in Emmett.

The mesonet station AS061 near Minden, ID measured 0.68 inches of rain.

Davis weather station at Jacobus Ranch.

Branches knocked down with photo. Personal Weather Station read 58 MPH gust.

The Payette River at Emmett reached minor food stage due to snow melt.

Flooding occurred along the Payette River around the Emmett, Idaho area and surrounding fields and roads.

The emergency manager reported high water and debris along Big Willow Creek and water running over Big Willow Road northeast of Dry Creek.

A follower on social media posted a picture of observed three quarter of an inch hail that dropped out of a thunderstorm near Emmett, Idaho.

A National Weather Service employee surveyed the Payette River near Emmett and observed the river was out of bank and flooding areas on the north side of the city.

A trained spotter near Ola reported 1 inch hail.

A trained spotter near Ola reported a wind gust of 66 MPH.

Moderate flooding occured in and around Emmett along the Payette River.

Thunderstorms rolled across Gem County producing winds gusting to 53 knots (61 mph) and dropping hail up to 1.0 inches in diameter along a path from 2 miles northwest of Emmett to 2 miles east of Emmett. Numerous trees and power lines were brought down by the storm.

For the third consecutive day, thunderstorms forming in the flow around a cut-off low pressure system, moved east to west across southwest Idaho. The hardest hit areas were in Gem and Boise Counties, both of which are just north of the Boise metropolitan area. At 1443 MST, a thun…