Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- February 17, 6:00 PM MST to February 18, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 17 to 18, 2002
Heavy snow fell in the central mountains of Idaho with 6 to 9 inches reported in the Stanley area and 12 inches at Galena Summit.
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 PIH wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell in the central mountains of Idaho with 6 to 9 inches reported in the Stanley area and 12 inches at Galena Summit.
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
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 17 to 19, 2002
- Winter Weather in New York, February 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 17, 2002
- Dust Storm in California, February 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 17 to 19, 2002
- Funnel Cloud in California, February 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 17 to 18, 2002
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2002
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: 5283476.