A passing Arctic Front brought periods of heavy snow and low visibilities to the area to portions of the Eastern Washington.
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 passing Arctic Front brought periods of heavy snow and low visibilities to the area to portions of the Eastern Washington.
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 Jan 11, 4:16 AM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow, 1 avalanche, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Social media report of 8 inches of snow 2 miles North of Clark Fork.
Avalanche near Stevens Peak stranded 3 people, injured one and killed one. The area had received 29.7 inches of snow since January 3.
A snow squall affected the Lewiston and Clarkston areas between 545 and 630 pm. Webcams indicated near-whiteout conditions. Snow rates exceeding one inch per hour were reported. KLWS reported quarter-mile visibilities for over 30 minutes. Law enforcement reported several roads closed in Lewiston. Time based on ASOS data.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, Central Panhandle Mountains | 2024-01-11 | 33 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, January 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: 1159660, 1159657, 1159659.