Name: Flood in Idaho, June 16 to 22, 2006
Start: 2006-06-16T23:00
End: 2006-06-22T15:00
Location: Idaho

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 happened

The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.

The Kootenai River at Bonners Ferry, rose above flood stage at 11 PM PST June 16th, peaked at 66.63 feet (2.63 feet above flood stage) at 10 PM PST on June 18th, and fell to below flood stage at 3 PM PST on June 22nd. Significant agricultural flood losses resulted from the flood, with at least 2.5 million dollars worth of damage.

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 Jun 16, 3:29 PM PST, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:29 PM PST, 7 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:12 AM PST, 11 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006

IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-171915-
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...
MULLAN...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...
ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...
OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...
ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...
COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...
WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

IDZ001-171915-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
1212 PM PDT FRI JUN 16 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE LED TO RENEWED RISES ON THE
KOOTENAI RIVER. CONSEQUENTLY...THE RIVER MAY EXCEED FLOOD
STAGE AT BONNERS FERRY...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT. SEE
THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT ALONG THE
KOOTENAI RIVER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SEE THE
LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Boundary

When: June 16, 11:00 PM PST to June 22, 3:00 PM PST
Where: Boundary County, Bonners Ferry
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 48.767, -116.463 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, June 2006

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: 5515869.