189 first-hand accounts of flood events in Idaho, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
March was a very wet month over the Idaho Panhandle. A series of moist Pacific storm systems brought periodic heavy rain to the region in addition to warmer temperatures which quickly melted low elevation snow pack.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →Beginning on April 6th and continuing through April 10th a series of Pacific atmospheric rivers were directed into Oregon, southeast Washington and central Idaho saturating the ground with heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →March was a very wet month over the Idaho Panhandle. A series of moist Pacific storm systems brought periodic heavy rain to the region in addition to warmer temperatures which quickly melted low elevation snow pack.
Read the full account →One to 2 inches of rain fell in Fremont County over a 48 hour period and caused extensive flooding. A lot of flooding in the Rea area in the Yale Creek estates and Shotgun Complex areas north of Kilgore Yale Road. Flooding reported at Island Park Village Golf Course.
Read the full account →Flood waters from feeding rivers and streams due to snow melt and periodic heavy rain caused Lake Coeur D'Alene to rise above Flood Stage through much of late March.
Read the full account →A return to heavy mountain snows in late February and early March added significantly to the snow pack especially in the Upper Snake River Highlands and snow melt and heavy rains occurred sporadically from the middle of the month onward.
Read the full account →During the month of June the spring melt of near record snowpack in Idaho's mountains caused extensive flooding along the Snake River and many of it's tributaries.
Read the full account →Beginning on April 6th and continuing through April 10th a series of Pacific atmospheric rivers were directed into Oregon, southeast Washington and central Idaho saturating the ground with heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →A strong atmospheric river moved through the region on February 23-25. Many locations across the Lower Idaho Panhandle received rain amounts 1 to 2 inches over the period.
Read the full account →A shortwave disturbance tracked across the Idaho Panhandle on May 17th. With a moist and unstable atmosphere, there was heavy rainfall and some thunderstorms. Some locations across the Panhandle received an estimated 0.5 - 0.75 over an hour period.
Read the full account →The arrival of an atmospheric River, in late February and early March, brought heavy rainfall to the Pacific Northwest. The heaviest precipitation was late February 28th through March 1st.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →Seasonal snow melt flooding along with heavy rain caused significant damage to the levee near Lorenzo as it was eroding 500 feet per day. The Snake River and Henry's Fork of the Snake flowed at action stage for several weeks causing the event.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →A return to heavy mountain snows in late February and early March added significantly to the snow pack especially in the Upper Snake River Highlands and snow melt and heavy rains occurred sporadically from the middle of the month onward.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
Read the full account →A return to heavy mountain snows in late February and early March added significantly to the snow pack especially in the Upper Snake River Highlands and snow melt and heavy rains occurred sporadically from the middle of the month onward.
Read the full account →A return to heavy mountain snows in late February and early March added significantly to the snow pack especially in the Upper Snake River Highlands and snow melt and heavy rains occurred sporadically from the middle of the month onward.
Read the full account →A trend toward above normal temperatures in February after extreme snowfall amounts in both December and January led to extensive flooding issues during the entirety of the month.
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