Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion
- When
- January 24, 11:00 AM MST to January 25, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
The Franklin Basin SNOTEL reported 13 inches of snow.
Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 24 to 25, 2009
Heavy snow fell in extreme eastern Idaho with strong winds causing road closures in the Upper Snake River Highlands.
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 PIH wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell in extreme eastern Idaho with strong winds causing road closures in the Upper Snake River Highlands.
Event by event
1 heavy snow, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- January 25, 12:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
Blowing and drifting snow caused interstate 15 to be shut down from milepost 167 to 196 which is Dubois to the Montana state line.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 24 to 25, 2009
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 24, 2009
- Tornado in California, January 24, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 24 to 27, 2009
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 24, 2009
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Wyoming, January 24 to 26, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 24 to 25, 2009
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 24 to 26, 2009
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 2009
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 24 to 25, 2009
- Winter Storm in Nevada, January 24 to 25, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Montana, January 24 to 25, 2009
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2009
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 152613, 152615.