The first in a long series of winter storms to hit Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho at the end of January brought various weather conditions to the area including gusty winds with rain and heavy mountain snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 BOI wrote it up.
The first in a long series of winter storms to hit Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho at the end of January brought various weather conditions to the area including gusty winds with rain and heavy mountain snow.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Cooperative observers and SNOTEL sites reported six to twelve inches of new snow around the McCall and New Meadows area.
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: 77847.