00 inch of rain fell at lower elevations across north-central Idaho which caused black ice issues Friday night. Heavy snow fell in the mountains with over a foot of accumulation towards the Bitterroot Spine.
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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 MSO wrote it up.
Between 0.25 and 1.00 inch of rain fell at lower elevations across north-central Idaho which caused black ice issues Friday night. Heavy snow fell in the mountains with over a foot of accumulation towards the Bitterroot Spine.
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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 2:36 AM PST, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Lolo Pass received 14 inches of heavy snow during the event. Freezing rain caused slick surfaces in the lower elevations.
Heavy snow, ranging between 8 and 16 inches in total, fell in the mountains and around 3000 feet near and west of Pierce. The Grangemont sensor reported rain with a surface temperature of 29 degrees from 2100 to 0600 February 1, which infers that freezing rain fell.
Icy roads contributed to a vehicle roll-over on Cascade Drive in Orofino during the early morning hours of February 1.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2025
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: 1226882, 1226879, 1226875.