Heavy Snow — Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

2015-12-13 to 2015-12-14 · Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

Event narrative

A strong winter storm brought extremely heavy snow to the Wood River region. Spotters reported 16 inches of snow in Bellevue, 24 inches of snow 4 miles north of Hailey, and 15 inches in Ketchum through the evening on the 13th. Some SNOTEL amounts were 18 inches at Chocolate Gulch, 14 inches at Garfield Ranger Station, 19 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 25 inches at Galena Summit, 20 inches at Galena, and 19 inches at Swede Peak.

Wider weather episode

Many locations received from 6 inches to as much as 2 feet of snow over a two day snow event on December 13th and 14th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 611587. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.