As much as 3 inches of snow sat on the ground in parts of the Spokane area Sunday morning after wintry weather downed trees and knocked out power for more than 2,000 homes throughout the Inland Northwest.
The National Weather Service recorded 1.9 inches of snow at the Spokane International Airport on Saturday, setting new daily and monthly records. It was the first measurable September snowfall in Spokane since 1926.
Another 1.3 inches of snow fell between midnight and 6 a.m. at the airport, setting another daily record, according to the weather service. Overnight temperatures reached a low of 32 degrees, with a wind chill as low as 21 degrees at 1 a.m. when the wind was blowing at about 16 mph.
The extreme weather left about 730 Avista customers without power as of 4:45 p.m. Sunday after crews restored power to more than 2,000 homes overnight, the utility said on Twitter. About 700 of those homes were in the Colville area, where as much as 16 inches of snow fell overnight.
Kootenai Electric said close to 100 customers were affected by an outage in North Idaho at 9 a.m., KHQ reported. No outages were reported as of 11 a.m.
Stevens County dispatchers started receiving reports shortly after 11 a.m. that Verizon voice and data services were down for central and northern areas of the county, said Rick Anderson, the county’s 911 coordinator.
Anderson said sheriff’s deputies were unable to use their laptops in their patrol vehicles because they use Verizon to connect to the internet.
It was not clear if the outage was weather-related or when the issue would be resolved, Anderson said late Sunday afternoon.
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