24 hour snowfall totals for winter storm that impacted north central Idaho were: In Clearwater County, Cool Creek 12 inches, Hemlock Butte 11 inches, Elk Butte 9 inches and Elk River 7 inches; in Idaho County, Savage Pass 7 inches; in Lemhi County, Saddle Mountain 8 inches.
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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.
The episode as NWS MSO wrote it up.
24 hour snowfall totals for winter storm that impacted north central Idaho were: In Clearwater County, Cool Creek 12 inches, Hemlock Butte 11 inches, Elk Butte 9 inches and Elk River 7 inches; in Idaho County, Savage Pass 7 inches; in Lemhi County, Saddle Mountain 8 inches.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 2, 4:00 AM MST, 2 hours earlier.
WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 400 AM MST FRI FEB 2 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MTZ001-002-004-006-043 AND IDZ005-006 TODAY AND TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM...LOW CENTERED OFF THE BC COAST AROUND 50N/130W THIS MORNING WITH PCPN AHEAD OF THE LOW NOW MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO. THIS SYSTEM IS SUPPORTED BY A 250 MB 125 KT JET IN THE EAST CENTRAL PACIFIC AROUND 45N. THE NOSE OF THIS JET WILL MOVE OVER THE CWA TODAY AND INCREASE BY SAT MORNING TO 130KTS OVER WRN MT. 700 MB WINDS AROUND 50KTS WILL INCREASE OROGRAPHICS OVER ID AND WRN MT...ENHANCING SNOW AND QPF AMOUNTS. WIND AND SNOW WILL BE ENOUGH TO MEET WSW CRITERIA LEVELS...THUS UPGRADED THE WATCH TO WARNING IN MONTANA ZONES. WEST WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN WESTERN MONTANA THE PAST FEW HOURS. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS MID LEVEL WINDS MIX DOWN THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER VALLEY TEMPS WILL KEEP THE PCPN A MIX ON THE VALLEY FLOORS WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 5000 FEET MAINLY. CHC POPS AGAIN SATURDAY WITH A MAINLY NORTHWEST FLOW. SOME AREAS COULD SEE SOME LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW FOR SOME ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY FROM THE NW AS THE JET MAX CORE IS PROGGED TO BE OVER NWRN MT. .EXTENDED...NEW MRF AND AVIATION CHANGED THEIR SCENARIO TO A DRY SOLUTION SUNDAY AND TUESDAY...A DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS RUNS. EARLIER UKMET AND EUROPEAN CONTINFUED CHC POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. RATHER THAN CHANGE THE EXTENDED BASED ON ONE MODEL RUN...WOULD RATHER SEE WHAT THE NEW UK AND EURO PRESENT LATER TODAY. THUS WILL LEAVE THE EXTENDED THE SAME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2001
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: 5230027, 5230028, 5230029.