Nine to 20 inches of snow fell in the mountains of southeast Idaho with a strong Pacific storm system.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Nine to 20 inches of snow fell in the mountains of southeast Idaho with a strong Pacific storm system.
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 Feb 11, 12:42 PM MST, 12 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1242 PM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PACIFIC MOISTURE SET TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ON SHORE TONIGHT AND WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SET UP ALONG THE OREGON AND IDAHO BORDER WEDNESDAY. GOOD SET UP FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND IDAHO WASATCH. THIS IS A WARM SYSTEM WITH SNOW LEVELS STARTING OUT AT AROUND 4500 FEET TONIGHT AND RISING TO 6 THOUSAND TO AS HIGH AS 6700 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. HAVE UPGRADED THE WATCHES TO WARNINGS AND CONTINUED TO LIMIT TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6 THOUSAND FEET. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE 7 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION. EXPECT 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 6 THOUSAND FEET WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL RAIN BELOW THOSE LEVELS. SOME LOCAL AREAS COULD SEE UP TO 2 FEET AT 7500 FEET OR HIGHER. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED ALONG MOUNTAIN PASSES. COULD POTENTIALLY SEE FLOODING IN LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION WHERE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO RAIN. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AM WEDNESDAY AND 5 AM THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS GET A BRIEF BREAK BEFORE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST IDAHO FRIDAY. GK .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM IN OFF THE PACIFIC AND KEEPING US UNDER GENERALLY WET AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FRIDAY'S SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE AN EVEN WARMER STORM WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO BETWEEN 7000-8000FT WITH POTENTIALLY 6-12 INCHES ABOVE THOSE ELEVATIONS. THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL MITIGATE THAT SOMEWHAT. WHAT IT WON'T HELP ALLEVIATE IS INCREASING AVALANCHE CONCERNS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT SOME AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS WILL GET A BRIEF BREAK BEFORE SUNDAY'S STORM AND COOL FRONT PUSH THROUGH EASTERN IDAHO. THAT FINAL PUSH WILL LIKELY BE THE LOWEST RAIN/SNOW PRODUCER BUT IT WILL STILL ADD TO THE MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE AMOUNTS WE ARE EXPECTING. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS ARE ENSEMBLES ARE STILL A BIT CHAOTIC IN TERMS OF TIMING THE MIDWEEK STORM...WE SHOULD SEE A DRIER PERIOD OF WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEYES .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND LOWER CEILINGS ARE QUICKLY DIMINISHING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON. WE SHOULD BE VFR AT ALL SITES UNTIL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WE SHOULD SEE LOWER CLOUDS REDEVELOPING AFTER DARK ACROSS AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF OUR NEXT STORM. WE SHOULD BE MOSTLY VFR WITH SOME LOCALIZED MVFR CEILINGS. BETWEEN 3 AND 5AM...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AS DEEP MOISTURE SURGES BACK INTO EASTERN IDAHO. WE SHOULD SEE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES THROUGH MOST OF TOMORROW. INITIALLY ALL SITES WILL SEE SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX...BUT TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL ALSO BE BREEZY AT THE VALLEY SITES. KEYES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR THE IDZ019-023-025. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR THE IDZ031. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY IDZ018. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 432 AM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 IDZ017-020>022-032-121145- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 432 AM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST IDAHO EARLY WEDNESDAY BRINGING RAIN TO THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ABOVE 6000 FEET. CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER THERE MAY BE A FEW BREAKS. WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS WELL WITH SPEEDS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. .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. IDZ018-019-023>025-031-121145- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 432 AM MST TUE FEB 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS...WHICH WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A POTENTIAL MULTI-DAY SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS STARTING TONIGHT. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO FOR CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND WASATCH MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ABOVE 6000 FEET AND SNOWFALL MAY PERSIST WELL INTO THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS WELL WITH SPEEDS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY AND MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. .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.
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Area SNOTEL snow amounts were: Dollarhide Summit 9 inches, Galens 9 inches, Galena Summit 9 inches, Lost Wood Divide 9 inches, Vienna Mine 16 inches.
Heavy snow amounts at SNOTEL sites were Emigrant Summit with 11 inches and Slug Creek divide with 9 inches.
Area SNOTEL snowfall amounts were: Bostetter Ranger Station 12 inches, Howell Canyon 16 inches, and Magic Mountain 14 inches.
Area SNOTEL snowfall amounts were: 8 inches at Sedgwick Peak, 10 inches at Pine Creek Pass, 7 inches at Somsen Ranch.
Area SNOTEL snowfall amounts were: 20 inches at Black Bear, 16 inches at Phillips Bench, and 14 inches at White Elephant.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2014
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: 503016, 503015, 502999, 503002, 502997.