A moisture-laden winter storm struck the Idaho panhandle on November 28 and 29 with major snowfall totals. 4".
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.
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 episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
A moisture-laden winter storm struck the Idaho panhandle on November 28 and 29 with major snowfall totals. The following is a tally of 2-day snowfall totals: Lookout Pass Ski Area...42", Schweitzer SNOTEL (elev 4822')...30", Schweitzer Ski Area...23", Bear Mountain SNOTEL...21", Mosquito Ridge SNOTEL...15", Lost Lake SNOTEL (elev 6100')...15", Lookout SNOTEL (elev 5120')...12", Mica Creek SNOTEL (elev 4750')...12", Priest River...11.5", Bonners Ferry...9.3", Silver Mountain Ski Area...9", Harrison...8", Saint Maries...6.9", Post Falls...6", Moscow...6", Potlatch...6", Sandpoint...5.5", Plummer...5", Bovill...5", Porthill...4.5", and Kellogg...4".
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 2:00 AM PST, 5 hours earlier.
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4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, November 2001
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: 5272619, 5272620, 5272690, 5272691.