Heavy Snow — Coeur D'alene Area, Idaho

2022-01-06 to 2022-01-07 · Coeur D'alene Area, Idaho

Event narrative

A strong winter storm brought heavy snow with strong winds to the northern Idaho Panhandle. Locations across the Coeur d'Alene area received overnight snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches and reached 7 to 12 inches by the morning of January 7th. On the morning of January 6th, a vehicle slid off the road due to slick road conditions along the Lake Coeur d'Alene roads. No known injuries.

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 and business closed due to the hazardous winter driving conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1003835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.