A strong cold front brought heavy snow and strong winds to portions of the Idaho Panhandle. Snow reports across the region ranged from 3 to 6 inches.
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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 strong cold front brought heavy snow and strong winds to portions of the Idaho Panhandle. Snow reports across the region ranged from 3 to 6 inches. The Northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle had reports of up to 8 inches. Winds were strongest in the Southern portion of the Idaho Panhandle with gusts around 42 MPH.
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, 3:23 PM PST, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Observer reported 8 inches of snow 7 miles northeast of Sandpoint.
A tree fell on an occupied travel trailer. No injuries were reported. Idaho Transportation Department sensor near Winchester, ID recorded winds sustained in the teens with gusts reaching 40 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2024
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: 1162976, 1163932.