Heavy Snow — Sawtooth-stanley Basin, Idaho

2020-11-13 to 2020-11-15 · Sawtooth-stanley Basin, Idaho

Event narrative

The Stanley COOP observer measured 12.5 inches of snow with the storm. The Vienna Mine SNOTEL site estimated 41 inches of snow.

Wider weather episode

A moist Pacific storm brought very heavy snow to high elevations of southeast Idaho with many mountain locations receiving over a foot of snow. Low elevations of the Wood River Valley also received heavy snow. Road closures occurred in the Upper Snake Highlands.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 928853. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.