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10 year Anniversary of Historic Windstorm: Nov 17, 2015

A historic and damaging wind storm took place on Nov 17, 2015. The Inland Northwest felt the impacts far and wide of the strong and damaging winds. Read More >

A round of thunderstorms moved over the Coeur d'Alene area during the afternoon and evening of May 19th. Kootenai County Spotter #62 captured these images from the North Idaho University campus. The first picture is a lightning strike over the lake. The second is mammatus clouds sited beneath the storm.

Lightning bolt over Lake Coeur d'Alene

Mammatus clouds near Coeur d'Alene