Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM MST to March 20, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 18 to 20, 2006
A late season winter storm affected the South Central Highlands. Snow amounts of a foot were reported 8 miles southeast of Burley and 3 miles south of Oakley.
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 PIH wrote it up.
A late season winter storm affected the South Central Highlands. Snow amounts of a foot were reported 8 miles southeast of Burley and 3 miles south of Oakley. 9 miles fell at Howell Canyon and 8 inches fell at Pomerelle Ski Resort.
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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, March 18, 2006
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Texas, March 18, 2006
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 18 to 21, 2006
- Heavy Rain in Arkansas, March 18 to 20, 2006
- Winter Weather in Montana, March 18 to 20, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 18 to 19, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, March 18 to 20, 2006
- Blizzard in Montana, March 18 to 20, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 18 to 20, 2006
- Winter Weather in Utah, March 18 to 19, 2006
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 18, 2006
- Hail in Texas, March 18, 2006
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5496127.