May 11, 2018
An above average snow pack in the mountains drained by the Pend Oreille and Clark Fork River basins melted at an accelerated rate during the month of May. Run off from this snow melt caused the Pend Oreille River to achieve moderate flood level for an extended period of time from the middle of May through the first week of June. ||Numerous homes along the river particularly between the towns of Newport and Jared suffered flooding. Inundated yards, recreation sites and first floor flooding of hom
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 756463). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pend Oreille County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.