Heavy Snow — Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

2017-02-20 to 2017-02-22 · Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

The Crab Creek SNOTEL received 15 inches of snow with 26 inches reported at White Elephant. Interstate 15 was closed for several hours on the 20th from Dubois to the Montana border.

Wider weather episode

Another in a series of very wet Pacific systems again brought heavy snow to the mountains of central and southeast Idaho with widespread amounts from 10 to as much as 40 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 681127. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.