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Heavy Snow in Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

Heavy Snow January 28, 2016 – January 30, 2016 · Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow amounts at SNOTEL sites were 11 inches at Dollarhide Summit, 12 inches at Galena, 14 inches at Galena Summit, and 10 inches at Lost Wood Divide.

The wider storm

A very powerful Pacific storm brought several hours of snow to high elevations of southeast Idaho. Many amounts of over 10 inches were recorded. It started out a warm system with high freezing levels but after extensive rain, even valley locations received snow accumulations in the 1 to 5 inch range after cold frontal passage late on the 29th and early on the 30th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 614985. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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