Idaho, 2006

Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 17 to 18, 2006

January 17 to 18, 2006 · NWS PIH · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Another in a series of weekly storms pounded much of southeast Idaho again with heavy snow.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

Another in a series of weekly storms pounded much of southeast Idaho again with heavy snow. Pomerelle ski resort reported 23 inches, 12 inches at Mink Creek, 14 inches at Holbrook, 15 inches at Sedgewick Peak, 10 inches at Pine Creek Pass, 12 inches at Oxford Springs, 8 inches at Richfield, 11 inches at Island Park, 16 inches at Galena Summit, 13 inches at Galena, 20 inches at Franklin Basin, 15 inches at Emigrant Summit, 14 inches at Wild Horse Divide, 11 inches at Sheep Mountain, 8 inches at Preston, 9 inches at Bern, and 10 inches at Howell Canyon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 16, 8:55 PM MST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 8:55 PM MST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, E Branklin/Bear Lake

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
E Branklin/Bear Lake forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Eastern Magic Valley

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Eastern Magic Valley forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
South Central Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, W Franklin

When
January 17, 1:00 AM MST to January 18, 6:00 AM MST
Where
W Franklin 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

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2006

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: 5485894, 5485895, 5485896, 5485897, 5485898, 5485899, 5485900, 5485901.