Avalanche in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho

Avalanche February 6, 2020 · Bear Lake Valley, Idaho

What the National Weather Service wrote

An avalanche closed US Route 89 from Montepelier to Geneva on the afternoon of the 6th to remove snow.

The wider storm

Another strong Pacific storm system brought hazardous travel weather to eastern Idaho in the first week of February. Heavy snow fell along with an extended period of freezing rain in the Lower Snake River Plain overnight on the 5th into the 6th. Several high elevation sites received over a foot of snow with some school closures on the 6th in the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 878014. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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