Winter Storm in South Central Highlands, Idaho

Winter Storm January 7, 2017 – January 11, 2017 · South Central Highlands, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

A strong Pacific storm brought extremely heavy four day snow totals to the South Central Highlands. Amounts at SNOTEL sites were: 22 inches at Bostetter Ranger Station, 41 inches at Howell Canyon, and 41 inches at Oxford Springs.

The wider storm

A long dawn out atmospheric river event brought a variety of impacts to southeast Idaho including extremely heavy mountain snow, valley snow then rain on snow leading to flooding and roads covered with ice in the Snake River Plain, and many mountain avalanches. Many roads were closed for extended periods due to the heavy snow and avalanches. Custer County was declared a disaster area due to the prodigious snow amounts. An emergency declaration was signed in Cassia County due to the flooding.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 676947. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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