Beginning the afternoon of February 14th and continuing through the night into the morning of the 15th a moist warm front moved south to north through the Idaho Panhandle. Initial light snow south of interstate 90 changed to rain with the warm front passage during the evening hours with light snow accumulations before this change-over.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
Beginning the afternoon of February 14th and continuing through the night into the morning of the 15th a moist warm front moved south to north through the Idaho Panhandle. Initial light snow south of interstate 90 changed to rain with the warm front passage during the evening hours with light snow accumulations before this change-over. The warm air tongue did not penetrate the northern panhandle during the night with heavy snow accumulations noted north of Interstate 90 from this storm.
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 Feb 14, 2:49 PM PST, 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Spokane WA 508 AM PST Thu Feb 14 2019 IDZ001-WAZ037-151400- Northern Panhandle-Northeast Mountains- 508 AM PST Thu Feb 14 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho and Northeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Light to moderate snow can be expected from this afternoon through Friday for the lower elevations, with moderate to locally heavy snow expected in the mountains. There may be localized pockets of freezing rain tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Areas of snow will remain in the forecast through the weekend. A very cool and unsettled weather pattern will settle over the region next week. This will result in temperatures well below normal and a very good chance for moderate to heavy snow. WAZ034-035-038-041>044-151400- Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Okanogan Highlands- Wenatchee Area-East Slopes Northern Cascades-Okanogan Valley- Waterville Plateau- 508 AM PST Thu Feb 14 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Central Washington...East Central Washington and North Central Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Light to moderate snow can be expected from this afternoon through Friday for the lower elevations, with moderate to locally heavy snow expected in the mountains. There may be localized pockets of freezing rain today and this evening. . .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Areas of light to moderate snow will remain in the forecast through the weekend. A very cool and unsettled weather pattern will settle over the region next week. This will result in temperatures well below normal and a very good chance for moderate to heavy snow. IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-151400- Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Washington Palouse-Spokane Area- 508 AM PST Thu Feb 14 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... Northeast Washington and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Light to moderate snow can be expected from this afternoon through Friday. There will be the potential for localized pockets of freezing rain today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Areas of light to moderate snow will remain in the forecast through the weekend. A very cool and unsettled weather pattern will settle over the region next week. This will result in temperatures well below normal and a very good chance for moderate to heavy snow. IDZ004-026-027-WAZ031-032-151400- Central Panhandle Mountains-Lewiston Area- Lewis and Southern Nez Perce Counties-Northeast Blue Mountains- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties- 508 AM PST Thu Feb 14 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Idaho and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Rain and light snow can be expected from this afternoon through Friday. There will be the potential for localized pockets of freezing rain today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Areas of light to moderate snow will remain in the forecast through the weekend. A very cool and unsettled weather pattern will settle over the region next week. This will result in temperatures well below normal and a very good chance for moderate to heavy snow.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
An observer near Naples recorded 6.0 inches of new snow accumulation from this storm.
An observer near Hope recorded 5.1 inches of new snow accumulation from this storm.
An observer 4 miles east of Spirit Lake recorded 4.0 inches of new snow accumulation from this storm.
A spotter 2 miles north of Bonners Ferry reported 4.0 inches of new snow accumulation from this storm.
The COOP observer at Priest River recorded 4.4 inches of new snow accumulation from this storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 806286, 806287, 806289, 806291, 806292.