Heavy Snow — Lewiston Area, Idaho

2019-02-24 to 2019-02-25 · Lewiston Area, Idaho

Event narrative

An observer 4 miles south of Lapwai recorded 4.0 inches of new snow accumulation.

Wider weather episode

Beginning during the afternoon of February 24th and lasting through the day of February 25th a stationary front developed along the Oregon/Washington border and into central Idaho. Snow developed along this front and deposited a narrow corridor of heavy snow across far southeast Washington and the central and southern Idaho Panhandle, with generally 1 to 3 inches across the southern Columbia Basin in Washington and the northern Idaho Panhandle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 806326. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.