Winter Storm — Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

2016-11-27 to 2016-11-28 · Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

Snow amounts were 12 inches in the Drake Creek area of the Teton valley and 8 inches in Victor. At 4 am Highwy 32 was impassable from Ashton to Victor.

Wider weather episode

A late November snow storm created extensive travel problems in the Snake River Plain and Upper Snake Highlands. 4 to 12 inches of snow was reported in the Upper Snake Highlands and 2 to 4 inches of snow fell in the Snake River Plain resulting in extensive travel problems including one fatality near Rexburg.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 667501. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.