Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 5 to 6, 2007

Name: Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 5 to 6, 2007
Start: 2007-01-05T18:30
End: 2007-01-06T15:00
Location: Idaho

January 5 to 6, 2007 · NWS MSO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

On January 5 and 6, a strong winter storm brought heavy snow and local gusty winds to the Clearwater Mountains of North Central Idaho. Visibility was reduced in blowing snow over mountain passes.

Where it happened

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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 MSO wrote it up.

On January 5 and 6, a strong winter storm brought heavy snow and local gusty winds to the Clearwater Mountains of North Central Idaho. Visibility was reduced in blowing snow over mountain passes. Total snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 8 inches in the lower elevations, with 14 to 24 of new snow in the mountains.

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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 1:30 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 1:30 PM PST, 5 hours before

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Clearwater Mountains

When: January 5, 6:30 PM PST to January 6, 1:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Clearwater Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 46.674, -115.657 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cooperative Observer at Headquarters reported 8 inches new snow with 9 inches at Pierce. Snotel data reported 22 to 28 inches above 5000 feet.

Heavy Snow, Southern Clearwater Mountains

When: January 5, 6:30 PM PST to January 6, 3:00 PM PST
Where: Southern Clearwater Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.844, -115.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snow, poor visibility and blowing snow reported over Lolo Pass. Snotel data reported 15 inches new snow at Lolo Pass with 13 inches at Savage Pass. Yellowpine Bar reported 6 inches new snow.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Idaho in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, January 2007

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: 13213, 13214.