Heavy Snow — Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

2014-12-20 to 2014-12-21 · Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

Event narrative

High elevation SNOTEL snow amounts were: 17 inches at Dollarhide Summit, 18 inches at Galena, 17 inches at Galena Summit, 10 inches at Hyndman, 13 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 10 inches at Swede Peak, and 28 inches at Vienna Mine. A trained spotter reported 9 inches at Hailey.

Wider weather episode

Heavy snowfall of over a foot above 7 thousand feet was common in the mountains of central and southeast Idaho on the weekend of December 20th-21st.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 552193. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.