Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- December 22, 12:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 22, 2005
A pacific storm brought 10 inches of snow to Galena Summit, 10 inches at Vienna Mine, 9 inches 12 miles west of Island Park, and 11 inches to Bear Canyon.
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.
A pacific storm brought 10 inches of snow to Galena Summit, 10 inches at Vienna Mine, 9 inches 12 miles west of Island Park, and 11 inches to Bear Canyon.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- December 22, 12:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- December 22, 12:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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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: 5483323, 5483324, 5483325.