A system pushed through the Idaho Panhandle bringing widespread snow showers. Most location received 2 to 5 inches of snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
A system pushed through the Idaho Panhandle bringing widespread snow showers. Most location received 2 to 5 inches of snow. There were locally heavier amounts.
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 27, 3:56 PM PST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Observer estimated 7 inches near Saint Maries. Other reports in the areas of Rose Lake and Pinehurst ranged from 1 to 4 inches.
Observer measured 7 inches near Hayden. Other reports in the area ranged from 4 to 6 inches.
Observer estimated 7.5 inches near Twin Lakes. Other reports in the areas of Rathdrum and Athol ranged from 5 to 6 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2023
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: 1082860, 1082856, 1082859.