Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- February 28, 12:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 28, 2002
A Canadian cold front on the last day of February brought more heavy snow to the eastern mountains of Idaho. 6 to 8 inches fell at Island Park and Macks Inn and 8 inches was reported at Oakley.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A Canadian cold front on the last day of February brought more heavy snow to the eastern mountains of Idaho. 6 to 8 inches fell at Island Park and Macks Inn and 8 inches was reported at Oakley.
What forecasters said that day
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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 27, 8:55 PM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 8:55 PM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 855 PM MST WED FEB 27 2002 SAT LOOPS SHOW S/W ENERGY ENTERING NRN ID AND NWRN MT...WITH CLOUD SHIELD COVERING MOST OF THE CWFA. THIS S/W IS DIGGING A BIT FARTHER SOUTH AND HAS MORE MOISTURE THAN S/W THAT PASSED LAST NIGHT. CURRENT PRECIP FORECAST FOR LOOKS GOOD BUT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS CLOUD BE A BIT HIGH FOR ZONES 19 AND 23 WITH THE SPEED OF SYSTEM AND LOW SNOW TO WATER EQUIVALENT RATIOS IN A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS. WILL UPDATE WORDING AND A FEW SPOT TEMPS. BRONG KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 32. BYI 15/32/8/28 0100 .PIH...NONE. PIH BE 008/027 001/023 008 02121
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- February 28, 12:00 AM MST to 11:59 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
- Heat in New Jersey, February 28, 2002
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 28, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, February 28, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 2002
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 2002
- High Wind in California, February 28, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 28, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5283480, 5283481.