Name: Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 24 to 25, 2001
Start: 2001-11-24T14:00
End: 2001-11-25T13:00
Location: Idaho

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region

When: November 24, 2:00 PM MST to November 25, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late November storm brought heavy snow to all of the mountains of southeastern Idaho over the Thanksgiving weekend. Some of the higher amounts were 6 inches at Hailey, 8 inches at Bancroft, 9 inches at Galena Lodge, 14 inches at Macks Inn, 5 inches at Soda Springs, and 9 inches at Pomerelle Ski Resort. The storm also brought the first snowfall of the season to the Snake River Plain with generally 2 to 3 inches across the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot and Idaho Falls.

Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands

When: November 24, 2:00 PM MST to November 25, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late November storm brought heavy snowfall to all of the mountains of southeastern Idaho over the Thanksgiving weekend. some of the higher amounts were 6 inches at Hailey, 8 inches at Bancroft, 9 inches at Galena Lodge, 14 inches at Macks Inn, 5 inches at Soda Springs, and 9 inches at Pomerelle Ski Resort. The storm also brought the first snowfall of the season to the Snake River Plain with generally 2 to 3 inches across the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls.

Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains

When: November 24, 2:00 PM MST to November 25, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late November storm brought heavy snow to all of the mountains of southeastern Idaho over the Thanksgiving weekend. some of the higher amounts were 6 inches at Hailey, 8 inches at Bancroft, 9 inches at galena Lodge, 14 inches at Macks Inn, 5 inches at Soda Springs, and 9 inches at Pomerelle Ski Resort. The storm also brought the first snowfall of the season to the Snake River Plain with Generally 2 to 3 inches across the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls.

Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands

When: November 24, 2:00 PM MST to November 25, 1:00 PM MST
Where: South Central Highlands forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late November storm brought heavy snow to al of the mountains of southeastern Idaho over the Thanksgiving weekend. Some of the higher amounts were 6 inches at Hailey, 8 inches at Bancroft, 9 inches at Galena Lodge, 14 inches at Macks Inn, 5 inches at Soda Springs, and 9 inches at Pomerelle Ski Resort. The storm also brought the first snowfall of the season to the Snake river Plain with generally 2 to 3 inches across the cities of Pocatello, blackfoot, and Idaho Falls.

Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands

When: November 24, 2:00 PM MST to November 25, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A late November storm brought heavy snow to all of the mountains of southeastern Idaho over the Thanksgiving weekend. Some of the higher amounts were 6 inches at Hailey, 8 inches at Bancroft, 9 inches at Galena Lodge, 14 inches at Macks Inn, 5 inches at Soda Springs, and 9 inches at Pomerelle Ski Resort. The storm also brought the first snowfall of the season to the Snake river Plain with generally 2 to 3 inches across the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot, and Idaho Falls.

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

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, November 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: 5271258, 5271259, 5271260, 5271261, 5271262.