Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 8 to 9, 2004
A second strong Pacific storm system brought another round of heavy snow to the mountains of southeast Idaho.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 second strong Pacific storm system brought another round of heavy snow to the mountains of southeast Idaho. Heavier amounts were: 11 inches in Hailey, 18 inches 8 miles north of Ketchum, 10 inches in Holbrook, 12 inches in Ketchum, 21 inches at Galena, 8 inches at Island Park, blizzard conditions at Palisades...wind greater than 25 mph, 32 inches at Howell Canyon, 19 inches at Magic Mountain, 33 inches at Bostetter, 32 inches at Dollarhide, 22 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 31 inches at Vienna Mine, 19 inches at Sedgewick Peak, 15 inches at White Elephant, 15 inches at Crab Creek
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Lost River / Pahsimeroi
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lost River / Pahsimeroi forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM MST to December 9, 4:00 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
- Flooding in Tennessee, December 8 to 15, 2004
- Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 8 to 9, 2004
- High Wind in Nevada, December 8, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 8, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 8, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, December 8 to 20, 2004
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 8, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, December 8, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5430292, 5430293, 5430294, 5430295, 5430296, 5430297.