Benewah storm history

Multiple trees snapped and downed within the area. Time estimated by radar.

Public report via social media stated rocks on Highway 12 within the Gwen Fire burn scar. This was confirmed by dispatch. Rocks were cleared and highway remained open. Nearby gauges reported 0.40 of an inch to 0.80 of an inch of rain over the last 18 hours.

The Benewah County Sheriff reported two trees blown down by thunderstorm winds near St. Maries. Trees were blocking a road.

Hail, with up to 1 inch diameter stones, covered the ground to a depth of 6 inches near Plummer.

A weather spotter near Sanders reported multiple trees snapped and uprooted in nearby yards and wooded areas due to thunderstorm wind gusts. The trees were 12 to 20 inches in diameter. No structure damage beyond a downed power line was reported.

The USGS River Gage on the St. Joe River at St. Maries recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 32.5 feet at 2:15 PM PST on May 7th. The river crested at the Minor Flood level of 33.9 feet at 6:00 PM PST May 10th and remained at that level until beginning to recede on May 11th. T…

Wind gusts from a thunderstorm resulted in roof and antenna damage to a business in St. Maries.

The USGS St. Joe River Gage at St. Maries recorded a Minor Flood on the St. Joe River during the first week of April. The river receded to below the Flood Stage of 32.5 feet at 6:15 AM PST on April 5th and continued to fall through the rest of the month.

Snow melt and periodic heavy rain during the month of March produced numerous debris flows and areal flooding issues across Benewah County. Numerous roads were damaged by flooding. Most notably debris flows and rock slides closed the road between Plummer and St. Maries, and flood…

The St. Joe River Gage at St. Maries recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 32.5 feet at 6:15 AM PST on March 15th. The river continued to rise through the Moderate Flood Stage by March 16th and passed through the Major Flood Stage of 38.0 feet at 9:15 AM March 19th. The river …

The Palouse River Gage at Potlach, ID recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 15.0 feet at 10:00 PM PST March 14th, cresting at 17.5 feet at 10:30 AM March 16th. The river dropped below Flood Stage during the evening of the 17th but then rose again above Flood Stage during the a…

An ice jam on the St. Joe River flooded portions of the St. Joe River Road making it impassable for travel upstream from the jam. Minor field flooding was reported downstream as the as the ice jam broke up and released the dammed water.

A member of the public reported several 50 foot cottonwood trees blown over onto highway 3 between Fernwood and Emerald Creek along with dime sized hail not far from Santa, Idaho.

A federal agency reported water out of bank near Santa, Idaho on the St Maries river and an ice jam.

A section of a wall and roof was blown off a tribal maintenance shop in Tensed. Several large branches were blown down near a wastewater plant one mile south of Tensed. In northern sections of the county, numerous branches three to four inches in diameter were blown down at the S…

A splitting supercell thunderstorm tracked southwest to northeast through Benewah county. The right mover produced hail ranging from a quarter to half dollar over southwestern reaches of the county. This included the community of Santa. The left moving cell produced nickel to qua…

Tree toppled over onto power lines and across two lanes along Highway 5 near St. Maries. Damage costs estimated.

A lot of field flooding and some road washouts in the area. Deep Creek came up and washed out a culvert and the road above it. Water also surrounded some homes along Deep Creek. Damage costs were estimated.

Several low lying areas experienced minor flooding. Sections of Lovell Valley Road near Plummer was covered in water in some sections.

A weather spotter in Fernwood reported hail one inch in diameter. Time was estimated based on radar.

Hail sizes were generally between pea to dime but a few nickel to quarter size hailstones were observed.

A severe thunderstorm developed northwest of the St. Joe National Forest. The thunderstorm intensified as it moved northeast between Heyburn State Park and St. Maries. The thunderstorm proceeded to head northward as a new updraft developed across Benewah County into Kootenai Coun…

Flood waters from the St. Joe River at St. Maries covered Lagoon Road and inundated some residential properties in this area. Some damage was observed to the levees. There was a rotational failure on the riverward side and slippage in a part of the one of the levees. Damage repor…

The Saint Joe River at Saint Maries rose above the flood stage of 32.5 feet at 0300 PDT on March 31st, crested at 33.9 feet at 0600 PDT on April 1st, and receded below flood stage 2100 PDT on April 3rd. Saint Joe City Road flooded. Minor flooding was observed throughout low lying…

The Saint Joe River at Saint Maries rose above the flood stage of 32.5 feet at 0300 PDT on March 31st, crested at 33.9 feet at 0600 PDT on April 1st, and receded below flood stage 2100 PDT on April 3rd. Saint Joe City Road flooded. Minor flooding was observed throughout low lying…

The Ridgeview Apartments located in Saint Maries had to be evacuated when Mutch Creek flooded its banks and began to seep into the building.

There were numerous reports of water over roadways and washouts. Road closures included the south end of Sagle Road, Talache Road at Camp Stidwell, Blacktail Road near Little Blacktail Mountain Road, Cocolalla Loop Road near address 3900 and Sportsmans Access Road. Partial road w…

The St Maries COOP reported a tree had fallen onto power-lines in the Benewah Valley due to strong wind gusts associated with thunderstorms between 1230 AM PST and 100AM PST.

The Coeur D Alene Press reported that the St Maries River flooded it banks at Fernwood covering a manhole in town, leaking wastewater into the river. There were no direct impacts to health or wildlife.

Significant flooding reported along the St. Joe River Road from St. Maries to Avery in Shoshone County as the St. Joe River spilled over its banks. The road to St. Joe City was completely under water and flooding reported five miles up St. Maries River Road at Kittle Loop. The St…

Heavy rain caused Hangman Creek to flood.

Lightning sparked 25 small fires near St. Joe, each ranging 1-5 acres in size.

1 inch diameter hail.

numerous trees down along St. Joe River. tree down on pickup truck. high winds forced car off the road into a sewer pond.

three quarter inch diameter hail

a 2 acre wildfire threatened St. Maries High School.

trees down by wind