Heavy Snow, Central Panhandle Mountains
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM PST to December 3, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Panhandle Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.265, -116.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 1 to 3, 2010
A nearly stationary front brought heavy snowfall to the Central Panhandle Mountains. Lookout Ski Resort and Silver Mountain picked up between 12 to 14 inches of snow.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 OTX wrote it up.
A nearly stationary front brought heavy snowfall to the Central Panhandle Mountains. Lookout Ski Resort and Silver Mountain picked up between 12 to 14 inches of snow. Valley areas were warmer and received much less snowfall, with Kellogg and St. Maries receiving one to three inches of accumulation.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 1, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Vermont, December 1, 2010
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 1 to 3, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, December 1, 2010
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in New York, December 1, 2010
- Strong Wind in New York, December 1, 2010
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 1 to 2, 2010
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, December 1, 2010
- Flooding in New York, December 1 to 4, 2010
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 1 to 3, 2010
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 1, 2010
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 269109.