Flood — Latah, Idaho

2022-03-03 to 2022-03-04 · near Potlatch, Latah, Idaho

Event narrative

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported that the rising Palouse River, near Potlatch, led to several parks and a softball field flooded. The Palouse River reached action stage from mid-day March 3rd until March 4th. The flooding was initiated by heavy rainfall and snow melt. There were no injuries or fatalities.

Wider weather episode

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. The temperatures associated with this event were warm enough to produce rain (rather than snow), but this also led to snow melt. In the central Idaho Panhandle, this produced strong responses to the rivers of affected areas in the first week of March.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1008201. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.