Heavy Snow, Eastern Lemhi County
- When
- February 17, 12:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Lemhi County forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.943, -113.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 17, 2004
Heavy wet snow fell over eastern Lemhi County. 7 to 11 inches of new snow was recorded at many Snotel sites.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 MSO wrote it up.
Heavy wet snow fell over eastern Lemhi County. 7 to 11 inches of new snow was recorded at many Snotel sites. A weather spotter from Gibbonsville reported 16 inches of new snow from midnight through 900 AM MST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Dense Fog in Kansas, February 17, 2004
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, February 17 to 18, 2004
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 17, 2004
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 17 to 18, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, February 17, 2004
- Winter Weather in Maryland, February 17 to 18, 2004
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 17, 2004
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 17, 2004
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 17 to 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 17, 2004
- High Wind in California, February 17, 2004
- High Wind in California, February 17, 2004
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 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: 5385431.