Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- February 15, 12:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 15 to 16, 1998
A winter storm system tracked across Utah during the 15th and 16th of February dumping heavy snow across much of south eastern Idaho. In the South Central Highlands 6 to 8 inches fell at Oakley and Almo, with 11 inches reported at Pomerelle ski resort.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A winter storm system tracked across Utah during the 15th and 16th of February dumping heavy snow across much of south eastern Idaho. In the South Central Highlands 6 to 8 inches fell at Oakley and Almo, with 11 inches reported at Pomerelle ski resort. Interstate 84 between Burley and the Utah border was closed for a period. In the Lower Snake River Plain Pocatello measured 8 inches, with up to 14 inches reported from the highlands near the city. In the Caribou Highlands of south eastern Idaho Pebble Creek reported a total of 20 inches of snow with only 5 inches reported at Irwin.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- February 15, 12:00 AM MST to February 16, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion
- When
- February 15, 12:00 AM MST to February 16, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Lower Snake River Plain
- When
- February 15, 6:00 PM MST to February 16, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Storm Surge in Mississippi, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Strong Wind in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, February 15 to 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5635689, 5635690, 5635692, 5635691.