One to two feet of snow fell in the southeastern Idaho mountains on January 4th and 5th.
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.
One to two feet of snow fell in the southeastern Idaho mountains on January 4th and 5th.
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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 4, 4:18 AM MST, 42 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 445 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 IDZ017>025-031-032-051200- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 445 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. CHECK THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE GEM STATE...ALONG WITH HIGH WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. CHECK THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. EACH 12 HOUR PERIOD IN THIS TIME FRAME HAS A THREAT OF MORE SNOW AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834. MESSICK
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow totals in the Wood River region were 20 inches in Ketchum, 30 inches at Vienna Mine, 19 inches at Swede Peak, 23 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 26 inches at Galena Summit, and 15 inches at Chocolate Gulch.
Heavy snow in the Sawtooths measured 23 inches at Bear Canyon, 11 inches at Stinckney Mill, 24 inches at Smiley Mountain, and 15 inches at Mill Creek Summit.
Snow totals from SNOTEL sites in the Upper Snake Highlands were 13 inches at Crab Creek and 8 inches at Island Park.
The heaviest snow amounts were 26 inches at the Hilts Creek SNOTEL and 14 inches at the Moonshine SNOTEL.
Ten inches of snow fell at the Franklin Basin SNOTEL site.
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: 78868, 78865, 78866, 78869, 78867.