Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25 to 28, 2002
A long drawn out period of intermittent heavy snow affected all of southeastern Idaho during the last weekend of January. The snow began in the central mountains late Friday and the storm finally wound down by noon Monday on the 28th in extreme southeastern Idaho.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 long drawn out period of intermittent heavy snow affected all of southeastern Idaho during the last weekend of January. The snow began in the central mountains late Friday and the storm finally wound down by noon Monday on the 28th in extreme southeastern Idaho. The storm brought the heaviest snow of the season to the city of Pocatello with amounts ranging from 6 inches in the city and at the airport to 12 inches on the benches surrounding town. Other significant storm totals were: 14 inches at Ketchum, 8 inches at Stanley, 22 inches at Galena Lodge, 16 inches at Sun Valley, 12 inches at Macks Inn, 6 inches at Wayan, 10 inches at Swan Valley, 7 inches at American Falls, 12 inches at Malad City, 9 inches at Pebble Creek Ski Resort, 6 inches at Soda Springs, 8 inches at Almo, 6 inches at Massacre Rocks, 6 inches at Lava Hot Springs, 16 inches at Driggs, 12 inches at Victor, and 8 inches at Rockland.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow, Lost River / Pahsimeroi
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lost River / Pahsimeroi forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow, Lower Snake River Plain
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM MST to January 28, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
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 Storm in Montana, January 25 to 26, 2002
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25 to 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2002
- Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 27, 2002
- Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 29, 2002
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 25, 2002
- Cold in Alaska, January 25, 2002
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 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: 5278049, 5278050, 5278051, 5278052, 5278053, 5278054, 5278055.