Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- April 7, 9:30 AM MST to April 8, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, April 7 to 8, 2001
An early spring snowstorm brought heavy snows to the mountains of southeastern Idaho.
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.
An early spring snowstorm brought heavy snows to the mountains of southeastern Idaho. Snow amounts included the following: 8 inches at Galena Lodge, 10 inches at the Pomerelle ski resort, 7 inches at Sun Valley, 6 inches at Macks Inn,
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- April 7, 9:30 AM MST to April 8, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- April 7, 9:30 AM MST to April 8, 5:00 PM 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
- Winter Weather in California, April 7 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 7 to 9, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, April 7, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 17, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, April 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 7, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 7 to 8, 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: 5239009, 5239010, 5239011.