Heavy Snow — Lewis and Southern Nez Perce, Idaho

2019-02-19 to 2019-02-20 · Lewis and Southern Nez Perce, Idaho

Event narrative

The COOP observer at NezPerce recorded 7.9 inches of snow from this storm system.

Wider weather episode

From the afternoon of February 19th through the morning of February 20th portions of north Idaho came under a band of wrap-around persistent light snow from a low pressure system passing through Oregon. The Lewiston area and Camas Prairie region received heavy snow accumulations from this storm system. Locations to the north of these areas in the central Idaho Panhandle received 1 to 3 inch accumulations while the northern panhandle saw only light accumulations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 806311. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.