Jan 11, 2014
A deep fetch of Pacific moisture brought heavy snow to the mountains and moderate to heavy rain to the valleys across the area overnight on January 10th into the 11th. Localized flooding was observed in the Northern Panhandle due to a combination of the rainfall, snow melt and frozen soils. Rainfall amounts were generally up into the half inch to one inch range for this period, which typically would not cause flooding if not in combination with low elevation snow melt and frozen soils preventi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 493481). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kootenai County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.