A late November storm brought some heavy snow to the central mountains and Upper Snake Highlands of southeast Idaho. Some of the heaviest snow amounts were 9 inches at Smiley Mountain, 18 inches at Hilts Creek, 9 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 8 inches at Ketchum, 11 inches at White Elephant and 6 inches at Island Park.
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.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A late November storm brought some heavy snow to the central mountains and Upper Snake Highlands of southeast Idaho. Some of the heaviest snow amounts were 9 inches at Smiley Mountain, 18 inches at Hilts Creek, 9 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 8 inches at Ketchum, 11 inches at White Elephant and 6 inches at Island Park.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of snow fell at Ketchum and 9 inches fell at Lost Wood Divide.
Nine inches of snow fell at Smiley Mountain and 18 inches fell at Hilts Creek.
The Wild Elephant Snotel site measured 11 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, November 2006
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: 4854, 4855, 4865.