Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- June 9, 12:01 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, June 9, 2002
A strong cold front brought heavy snow very late in the season to the Eastern Highlands of Idaho. 6 to 8 inches of snow fell in a swath from 2 to 10 miles north of Soda Springs.
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 strong cold front brought heavy snow very late in the season to the Eastern Highlands of Idaho. 6 to 8 inches of snow fell in a swath from 2 to 10 miles north of Soda Springs. 6 inches fell in Wayan and 6 inches also fell 12 miles east of Driggs.
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 Jun 8, 8:00 PM MST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 8:00 PM MST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 900 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2002 SAT IR/WV LOOP SHOWING LARGE UPPER CLOSED LOW SPINNING OVER WESTERN ID THIS EVENING. LATEST MESOETA FCSTING LF QUAD OF A STRONG 3H JET (130KTS+) TO SLIDE NE ACROSS SOUTHERN FCST/A LATER TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE ALREADY SHOWING UP ON RADAR AND SAT LOOP AS A BAND OF COLDER CLD TOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHCENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOWING-UP ON RADAR APPEARS TO BE IN THE FORM OF VIRGA AND NOT REACHING THE GROUND. FURTHER NORTH... CLOSER TO THE COLD POOL...ISOL SHOWERS OCCURRING (NOTE LLJ). CURRENT FCST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH MENTION OF 10/20 POPS ACROSS REGION SO NO CHANGES TO FCST ANTICIPATED. WINTHER .KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21. BYI 37/59/40/64 1342 .PIH...NONE. PIH WB 034/058 037/060 038 04143
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- June 9, 12:01 AM MST to 10:00 AM 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
- Flood in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002
- High Wind in Oregon, June 9, 2002
- Flooding in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 9 to 10, 2002
- Drought in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 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: 5297250, 5297251.