Right now
The most recent data we hold from SPC arrived 8 minutes ago, and this point is in it.
3 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest <1 km from here.
Reported by SPC today.
No stronger detection stands among the 23 recorded within 20 km of this point since 2 April 2026 — 2 others scored the same. The last comparable one was on 7 September 2026. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
SPC reported: Hail 100 in near 3 ESE Alton, Bear Lake, ID. Dime to Quarter sized hail. (PIH)
How we know
2 recorded sources include SPC; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 28 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | High |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 28 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.56/1 |
| Coordinates | 42.2100, -111.0900 |
| Nearest City | Conda (68 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-18T01:45:00.000Z |
| Source | https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html |
Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: spc. Occurrence: 2026-09-18T01:45:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-09-18T07:20:42.828Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| ReportType | hail |
| Speed | 100 |
| Location | 3 ESE Alton |
| County | Bear Lake |
| State | ID |
| Comments | Dime to Quarter sized hail. (PIH) |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 3 ESE Alton |
| Iem County | Bear Lake |
| Iem State | ID |
| Iem Wfo | PIH |
| Iem Remark | Dime to Quarter sized hail. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_42.210_-111.090_1789695900000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1789695900000,"latitude":42.21,"longitude":-111.09}] |
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
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