Flood in Latah County, Idaho

Flood March 3, 2022 – March 4, 2022 · Latah County, Idaho

$5K

Damage as recorded

$5K

Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Potlatch (46.9169, -116.8968).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1008201. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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