Heavy Snow, Eastern Lemhi County
- When
- April 20, 10:00 AM MST to April 21, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Lemhi County forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.943, -113.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, April 20 to 21, 2001
A late spring storm brought heavy wet snow to the mountains of Lemhi County. Snowfall totals were: Moose Creek 10 inches, Saddle Mountain 11 inches and Meadow Lake 13 inches.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 MSO wrote it up.
A late spring storm brought heavy wet snow to the mountains of Lemhi County. Snowfall totals were: Moose Creek 10 inches, Saddle Mountain 11 inches and Meadow Lake 13 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 20 to 21, 2001
- Hail in California, April 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, April 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 20, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, April 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 20, 2001
- High Wind in Colorado, April 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 20, 2001
- High Wind in Colorado, April 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, April 2001
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: 5239159.