Heavy Snow, Northern Panhandle
- When
- March 27, 8:00 AM PST to March 29, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Panhandle forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.247, -116.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 27 to 29, 2005
A large and very moist pacific storm system slowly moved through the northern Idaho panhandle. All mountain locations above 3000 feet received 15 to 25 inches of new snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 large and very moist pacific storm system slowly moved through the northern Idaho panhandle. All mountain locations above 3000 feet received 15 to 25 inches of new snow. Lookout Pass Ski Resort received 15 inches and Schweitzer Ski Resort picked up 24 inches of new snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central Panhandle Mountains
- When
- March 27, 8:00 AM PST to March 29, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Panhandle Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.265, -116.491 (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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, March 27, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 27, 2005
- Strong Wind in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Flooding in Georgia, March 27 to 28, 2005
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Hail in Alabama, March 27, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 27, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 27, 2005
- Flooding in Georgia, March 27, 2005
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, March 2005
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: 5440148, 5440149.