Idaho, 2003

Heavy Rain in Idaho, January 31, 2003

January 31, 2003 · NWS OTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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 forecasters said that day

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 Jan 31, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 10:25 AM PST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-011430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1025 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH
IDAHO

.DAY ONE... TODAY

HEAVY RAINS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING ON SOME OF THE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CROSSING THE IDAHO
AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE.

 PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT (SEAFLWOTX FGUS46
KOTX).

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Latah

When
January 31, 2:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where
Latah County, Troy
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
46.816, -116.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Up to 3 inches of heavy rain caused a cottonwood tree to fall and crush a Ford Pickup truck and cause a small fire. Power was also out for 4 hours for about 100 residents. The rain also caused minor flooding in the Community Park and the mobile park both in Troy and Bovill.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2003

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5343333.