Fifteen inches of snow fell at the Black Bear SNOTEL site.
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.
Fifteen inches of snow fell at the Black Bear SNOTEL site.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen inches of snow fell at the Black Bear SNOTEL site. 8 inches fell at White Elephant and 7 inches fell at Island Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 207642.