On January 10 and 11, a strong Pacific storm system moved southeast across North Central Idaho and produced heavy snowfall amounts in the mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 MSO wrote it up.
On January 10 and 11, a strong Pacific storm system moved southeast across North Central Idaho and produced heavy snowfall amounts in the mountains.
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 9, 1:48 PM PST, 21 hours 12 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The COOP observers in Pierce and Elk City reported 10 inches of new snowfall accumulations from this event.
The COOP observers in Powell and Dixie reported 8 and 9 inches of new snowfall accumulations, respectively, from this event.
The Idaho road department reported that Lost Trail Pass received 12 inches of new snowfall accumulations from this event. Also, the Moose Creek weather station received 9 inches of new snowfall accumulations from this event as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2008
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: 65646, 65649, 65650.