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Heavy Snow in Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

Heavy Snow February 20, 2017 – February 22, 2017 · Big and Little Wood River Region, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

The following snowfall amounts were recorded at SNOTEL sites: 10 inches at Chocolate Gulch, 14 inches at Dollarhide Summit, 14 inches at Garfield Ranger Station, 12 inches at Galena, 15 inches at Galena Summit, 11 inches at Hyndman, 17 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 14 inches at Swede Peak, and 20 inches at Vienna Mine.

The wider storm

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 681128. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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