Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 14, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 14, 2000
Start: 2000-02-14T17:00
End: 2000-02-14T21:00
Location: Idaho

February 14, 2000 · NWS PIH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy snow fell across the Sawtooth Mountains and Sun Valley in the wake of a cold front that triggered the severe weather outbreak. Accumulation of 8 to 14 inches were recorded.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 across the Sawtooth Mountains and Sun Valley in the wake of a cold front that triggered the severe weather outbreak. Accumulation of 8 to 14 inches were recorded.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region

When: February 14, 5:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains

When: February 14, 5:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
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

Every storm in Idaho in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, February 2000

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: 5132612, 5132613.