Mar 5, 2014
The region was under a transitioning weather regime through the first week of March. March 1st came in dry and very cold under a modified Arctic air mass. This kept soil temperatures below freezing across much of the central to northern Idaho Panhandle. March 2nd into the 3rd brought heavy snow across these same areas as dry northerly flow was replaced by milder and wetter southerly flow. This wetter and milder flow regime continued into March 5th, but with snow levels lifting above valleys floo
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 504789). 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.