Winter Storm, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- December 12, 8:00 PM MST to December 13, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
A winter storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Central and Eastern Idaho. Accumulation of 6 to 12 inches were reported from the Sawtooth and Boulder Mountains across the Upper Snake Highlands to the Teton Basin.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 PIH wrote it up.
A winter storm brought heavy snow to the mountains of Central and Eastern Idaho. Accumulation of 6 to 12 inches were reported from the Sawtooth and Boulder Mountains across the Upper Snake Highlands to the Teton Basin.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- December 12, 8:00 PM MST to December 13, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winter Storm, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- December 12, 8:00 PM MST to December 13, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 12, 1999
- Cold in California, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 12, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5720009, 5720010, 5720011.