Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- January 4, 12:00 PM MST to January 5, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 4 to 5, 2000
Heavy snow fell across portions of Eastern Idaho. An accumulation of 8 to 10 inches were recorded over the Teton Basin and the mountains near the Wyoming border, while 3 inches or less were recorded across the Upper Snake Plains and the Sawtooth Mountains.
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 portions of Eastern Idaho. An accumulation of 8 to 10 inches were recorded over the Teton Basin and the mountains near the Wyoming border, while 3 inches or less were recorded across the Upper Snake Plains and the Sawtooth Mountains.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- January 4, 12:00 PM MST to January 5, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands 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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 4 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in New York, January 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 4 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 4 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 4 to 5, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 4 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127579, 5127580.