Heavy Snow, Western Magic Valley
- When
- February 6, 11:00 PM MST to February 7, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Western Magic Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.672, -114.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 6 to 7, 2004
Pacific storm system moving eastward across the region left behind up to ten inches of new snow in the Western Magic Valley and the Southwest Highlands of Idaho. Wide spread advisory level snow of two to five inches also fell over much of Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 BOI wrote it up.
Pacific storm system moving eastward across the region left behind up to ten inches of new snow in the Western Magic Valley and the Southwest Highlands of Idaho. Wide spread advisory level snow of two to five inches also fell over much of Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest Highlands
- When
- February 7, 1:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.582, -116.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Cold in Illinois, February 6, 2004
- Flash Flood in Alabama, February 6, 2004
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 6 to 7, 2004
- Winter Weather in New York, February 6, 2004
- Flooding in Ohio, February 6 to 7, 2004
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 6, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, February 6, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 6, 2004
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, February 6, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 6, 2004
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, February 6 to 7, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 6, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5384452, 5384453.