Flood, Kootenai
- When
- January 31, 9:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kootenai County, Coeur D Alene
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 47.675, -116.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Idaho, January 31, 2000
Period of rain produced a half an inch along with melting 8 inches of snow. This lead to urban flooding in the city of Coeur d'Alene with sewers overflowing and streets flooded.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
Period of rain produced a half an inch along with melting 8 inches of snow. This lead to urban flooding in the city of Coeur d'Alene with sewers overflowing and streets flooded.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in New York, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2000
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: 5130250.