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Winter Storm in Wood River Foothills, Idaho

Winter Storm February 23, 2019 – February 26, 2019 · Wood River Foothills, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

Through the 26th, the COOP observer at Picabo recorded 10 inches of snow and the COOP observer at Bellevue recorded 18.2 inches of snow.

The wider storm

An extended atmospheric river event occurred for an entire week. Extremely heavy snow fell in the mountains with amounts at SNOTEL sites reaching as high as 5 to 8 feet for the week. Many roads closed through the mountains. Schools closed and some sheet flooding began mainly in Bingham and Minidoka counties where temperatures warmed significantly. Avalanches also occurred in the central mountains with the heavy snowfall accompanied with warmer temperatures. The storm wrapped up a month of record snowfall in the Upper Snake Highlands where the Island Park COOP observer recorded over 100 inches for the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 810685. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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