Heavy Snow, Shoshone
- When
- March 4, 8:30 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Shoshone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.265, -116.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 inches new snow in past 3 hours in Wallace per sheriff report
Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1998
3 heavy snow, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Boundary/Bonner/ X N Kootenai
- When
- March 4, 8:30 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- Boundary/Bonner/ X N Kootenai forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 48.247, -116.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Multiple trucks jacknifed on Hwy 95 just north of Bonners Ferry due to snow and ice
Heavy Snow, Boundary/Bonner/ X N Kootenai
- When
- March 4, 3:50 PM PST to March 5, 4:50 AM PST
- Where
- Boundary/Bonner/ X N Kootenai forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.247, -116.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
6 inches of new snow at 4700 feet in past 15 hours. This is at Schweitzer ski resort
Funnel Cloud, Nez Perce
- When
- March 5, 4:45 PM PST
- Where
- Nez Perce County, Lewiston
- Coordinates
- 46.327, -116.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotter reported funnel cloud which did not touch down
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Idaho, March 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Idaho, March 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, March 1998
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5634329, 5634416, 5634328, 5634327.