Idaho, 2003Heavy 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.
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- 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
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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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</html>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.
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.
- 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.
- Flooding in Washington, January 31, 2003$100,000 · 3 events
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 2003$34,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 31, 20037 events
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 31, 20034 events
- High Wind in Kansas, January 31, 200354 kt wind · 2 events
- Flooding in Oregon, January 31, 20032 events
- Flooding in Washington, January 31, 2003$3,000 · 2 events
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 20031 event
- Flood in Washington, January 31, 20031 event
- Cold in Florida, January 31, 20031 event
- Cold in Alabama, January 31, 20031 event
- Flood in Idaho, January 31, 20031 event
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.