Winter Storm
On Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, much of the Inland Northwest awoke to a heavy coating of snow. Which kept falling. And falling. Spokane ended up with 23.3 inches over 34 hours ending at 4 p.m. Thursday. Coeur d’Alene had 25 inches by Thursday morning. Dozens of roofs collapsed. Stores sold out of roof rakes and snow shovels. Schools and offices closed down for multiple days. Additional snowfall would make December the snowiest on record with 61.5 inches. By the end of the winter, 93.6 inches had fallen at the airport, besting 1949-50 as the snowiest winter on the books. With the 92.6 inches that fell in the winter of 2007-08, Spokane also set a snow record for back-to-back years.
John Fox / Forecast
Dick Haugen - The Spokesman-Review
Royce Fontenot / Ice Jams and Flooding
Andrew Zahler - The Spokesman-Review
Snowplow driver Jeff Keith
Andrew Zahler - The Spokesman-Review
Terren Roloff / 1/7/09 Spokane Public Schools
Dick Haugen - The Spokesman-Review
Terren Roloff / 1/7/09 make-up days
Dick Haugen - The Spokesman-Review
Paul Bos / Jan. 5 forecast
Dick Haugen - The Spokesman-Review
Ron Miller / New Year’s storm
Dick Haugen - The Spokesman-Review
Greg Koch / Tuesday forecast and beyond
John Livingston / long-range forecast
Witness Joan Waters describes Rosauers roof collapse
Donna Eggers / Albertsons
Andrew Zahler - The Spokesman-Review
Preparing for heavy snow problems
Preparing for possible power outages
Snow forecast / Thursday, Dec. 24
Travel forecast / Thursday, Dec. 24
Best routes into Spokane in snow
Marlene Feist / Thursday afternoon plowed routes
Meteorologist Bob Tobin on forecast
Todd Woodard - snow affecting airport
Mark Serbousek, snow, part 1
Jonathan Brunt - The Spokesman-Review
Mark Serbousek, snow, part 2
Jonathan Brunt, Andrew Zahler - The Spokesman-Review
Mark Serbousek, snow, part 3
Jonathan Brunt, Andrew Zahler - The Spokesman-Review