Heavy Snow, W Benewah/W Latah
- When
- November 25, 6:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- W Benewah/W Latah forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 47.017, -116.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 25, 2001
A low pressure center moving across the southern Idaho panhandle brought locally heavy snowfall amounts to the Palouse region and the highest elevations of the Camas Prairie. 4".
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A low pressure center moving across the southern Idaho panhandle brought locally heavy snowfall amounts to the Palouse region and the highest elevations of the Camas Prairie. The following is a tally of snowfall totals with this storm: Bovill...5.5", Potlatch...5", Plummer...4", and Winchester...4".
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Shoshone/E Kootenai/E Benewah/E Latah
- When
- November 25, 6:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Shoshone/E Kootenai/E Benewah/E Latah forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 47.265, -116.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, S Nez Perce/Lewis Counties
- When
- November 25, 6:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Nez Perce/Lewis Counties forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 46.282, -116.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, November 25, 2001
- Tornado in Alabama, November 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 25 to 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, November 25, 2001
- Hail in Maryland, November 25, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 25 to 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, November 25 to 26, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 25, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, November 25, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 25 to 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 25, 2001
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, November 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272704, 5272705, 5272706.