Owyhee Mountains County, Idaho
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1998 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
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All events
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Deaths
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Property damage
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
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Southern Owyhee County RAWS sites measure instantaneous gusts of 58-67 miles per hour. While likely a slight overestimate given the instantaneous calculation of gusts, observations in surrounding zones are consistent with severe winds gusts throughout the southwest highlands.
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The mesonet station 17 miles southwest of Hagerman, ID measured a wind gust of 51 knots.
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The mesonet station SPAI1 at Sho-Pai measured a wind gust of 47 knots.
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The mesonet station, PCKI1, 19.0 miles southeast of Riddle measured a high wind gust.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The COOP observer at station MHS1, near Murphy Hot Springs, measured 6.0 inches of snow.
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The COOP Observer at HOMI1 1.1 miles southeast of Homedale, ID meaasured 5.0 inches of snow in 24 hours.
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A wind gust of 62 mph was measured 19 miles southeast of Riddle, ID at the Pole Creek Mesonet station.
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A CO-OP Observer in Murphy Hot Springs reported 10.5 inches of total snowfall.
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Trained spotters reported 4 to 8 inches of moderate wet snow from Oreana to the South Mountain area.
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Mud Flat SNOTEL reported 7 inches of new snow and South Mountain SNOTEL reported 6 inches.
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Six to nine inches of new snow were reported at South Mountain and Mud Flat SNOTELs respectively.
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Pole Creek RAWS station at an elevation of 5660 feet recorded wind gusts to sixty six MPH.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Seven inches of snow fell at South Mountain RAWS by 4 AM March 28, 2007. The significant snow accumulations were generally above 5800 feet in the zone.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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