Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- February 16, 5:00 PM MST to February 17, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
Heavy snow fell in the higher elevations from the Sawtooth to the Big Hole Mountains. Accumulation of 6 to12 inches were reported above 7000 feet; while widespread accumulation of up to 3 inches were reported at lower elevations.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Heavy snow fell in the higher elevations from the Sawtooth to the Big Hole Mountains. Accumulation of 6 to12 inches were reported above 7000 feet; while widespread accumulation of up to 3 inches were reported at lower elevations. The high property damage costs associated with this storm occurred when over a mile of 80' high transmission lines were knocked over from heavy snow and wind in Cassia county.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- February 16, 5:00 PM MST to February 17, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Property damage
- $120,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Flooding in Oregon, February 16, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 18, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 16, 1999
- High Wind in American Samoa, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, February 16, 1999
- Flooding in California, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flood in Washington, February 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 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: 5689290, 5689291.