Winter Weather, Lewiston Area
- When
- December 30, 12:15 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lewiston Area forecast zone
- Injuries
- 0 direct, 2 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 46.327, -116.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Idaho, December 30, 2009
A low pressure system moving into Oregon sent a band of snow northward into the Lewiston area. Slick roadways from snow led to several motor vehicle accidents in the Lewiston area, which contributed to two indirect injuries.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- 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.
A low pressure system moving into Oregon sent a band of snow northward into the Lewiston area. Slick roadways from snow led to several motor vehicle accidents in the Lewiston area, which contributed to two indirect injuries. Lewiston recorded 2.3 inches of snow.
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 Dec 29, 9:32 PM PST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 9:32 PM PST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Mexico, December 30 to 31, 2009
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 30 to 31, 2009
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 30 to 31, 2009
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 30 to 31, 2009
- High Wind in Texas, December 30 to 31, 2009
- Winter Weather in Georgia, December 30 to 31, 2009
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, December 30, 2009
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 30 to 31, 2009
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2009
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: 203637.