Feb 12, 2014
Numerous areas across the Idaho Panhandle dealt with flooding during the second week of February. While minor flooding is a common occurrence during the late winter months when warmer temperatures, wind, and rain fall on valley snowpack, there was one ingredient of this event that made it unique and rather intense for many locations. This was the intrusion of two Arctic air masses; one in December and one in February. These bitterly cold air masses arrived in the absence of valley snow pack and
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 499250). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Whitman County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.