Heavy Snow — Okanogan Valley, Washington

2022-01-05 to 2022-01-06 · Okanogan Valley, Washington

Event narrative

Moderate to heavy snow fell in the Okanogan Valley, with an overnight, 12 hour accumulation of 5 to 11 inches in Okanogan, Malott, and Tonasket. Light snow continued off and on throughout the day with an additional 1 to 2 inches in parts of the valley.

Wider weather episode

A deep and slow moving storm system, with a deep fetch of Pacific moisture, delivered widespread moderate to heavy snow to the Inland Northwest tonight into Thursday. The winter storm severely impact transportation for almost one week. During the event, numerous school districts cancelled school due to the hazardous winter driving conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1003826. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.