Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- December 30, 12:00 PM MST to December 31, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 30 to 31, 2004
Heavy snow fell in the mountains of southeast Idaho the last two days of 2004. Some of the heaviest amounts were: 16 inches 5 miles south of Soda Springs, 9 inches at Somsen Ranch, 14 inches at Slug Creek, 15 inches at Sedgewick Peak, 9 inches at Darlington, 9 inches at Ketchum, 16 inches at Crab Creek, and 12 inches at White Elephant.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 mountains of southeast Idaho the last two days of 2004. Some of the heaviest amounts were: 16 inches 5 miles south of Soda Springs, 9 inches at Somsen Ranch, 14 inches at Slug Creek, 15 inches at Sedgewick Peak, 9 inches at Darlington, 9 inches at Ketchum, 16 inches at Crab Creek, and 12 inches at White Elephant.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- December 30, 12:00 PM MST to December 31, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- December 30, 12:00 PM MST to December 31, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains 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
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, December 30 to 31, 2004
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, December 30, 2004
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, December 30, 2004
- Ice Storm in Michigan, December 30, 2004
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 2004
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, December 30, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, December 30, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 30 to 31, 2004
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 30, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 30, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, December 30, 2004
- Flash Flood in California, December 30, 2004
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5430298, 5430299, 5430300.