Winter Storm in Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

Winter Storm March 1, 2018 – March 4, 2018 · Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow amounts at the following SNOTEL sites: Bear Canyon 21 inches, Mill Creek Summit 12 inches, Smiley Mountain 30 inches, and Stickney Mill 16 inches.

The wider storm

An extremely powerful Pacific storm system spread into the central mountains on March 1st and overspread all of southeast Idaho on the 2nd and continued in the far east through the 4th. Many mountain locations received over 2 feet of snow and even low elevations received 6 to 12 inches from the storm. Many road closures were reported most notably interstate 15 from Dubois to the Montana border on the 2nd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 747546. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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