Winter Weather — Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

2023-11-19 to 2023-11-20 · Lower Snake River Plain, Idaho

Event narrative

A strong cold front changed rain to snow and combined with strong winds to bring power outages reported by Idaho Power for over 1,500 people in Power, Bingham and Bannock Counties in the Aberdeen, Crystal and Pocatello areas. A total of 2 to 5 inches of snow fell in the Pocatello and American Falls region.

Wider weather episode

A Pacific storm system brought high winds, rain and snow to southeastern Idaho.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1148696. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.