Rain turned to snow behind the passage of a cold front the morning of the 30th. Snow amounts in the Snake River Plain and Caribou Highlands ranged from 6 to 10 inches.
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.
Rain turned to snow behind the passage of a cold front the morning of the 30th. Snow amounts in the Snake River Plain and Caribou Highlands ranged from 6 to 10 inches.
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 Mar 30, 1:24 AM MST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 224 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH MAKING LANDFALL OVER THE CA/OR COAST. MODEL QPF FIELDS STILL FOCUSING MOST OF THE PRECIP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT. THUS HAVE EXTENDED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER SIX HOURS. SNOW LEVELS EXPECTED TO STAY AT AROUND 6500 FT...THEN DROP AFTER MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THE 06Z NAM APPEARS TO HINT AT A WEAK CONVERGENCE EVENT OVER THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL...BUT KEEPING FOCUS ON SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS WHERE GREATEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS. UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN LATE TONIGHT AND HELP PROVIDE A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER...BUT MODELS ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT OF THE TIMING/PLACEMENT OF NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH MAKING LANDFALL ONTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD INCLUDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO TRIGGER SOME THUNDER AND SOME HEAVIER POCKETS OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP...ESPECIALLY OVER OUR SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS. HINSBERGER .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GFS AND ECMWF HOLDING ON TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SOLUTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY THOUGH LATEST ECMWF BEGINNING TO COMPROMISE TOWARD GFS. THUS WILL MAINTAIN PRECIP CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY AS TROUGH AMPLIFIES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THURSDAY AS TRANSITORY RIDGE WORKS ACROSS THE REGION. NEXT UPPER TROUGH ARRIVES LATE FRIDAY...AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS AMPLIFY INTO THE WEEKEND. ECMWF REMAINS MORE AMPLIFIED WITH THE PACIFIC TROUGH AND THUS SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THE FLATTER AND MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS. OPTED TO KEEP A BLEND BETWEEN THE MODELS THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED. DMH && .AVIATION...WET PATTERN CONTINUES TODAY WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT MIX OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH SNOW LEVELS ROUGHLY 5000 FT THROUGH THE DAY. CEILINGS LIKELY TO REMAIN GENERALLY MVFR WITH OCCASIONAL IFR. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SNAKE PLAIN CONVERGENCE EVENT MIDDAY WHICH WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY LOWER CEILINGS FOR AT LEAST KPIH/KIDA. TIMING OF THAT EVENT LIKELY EARLY AFTERNOON. UPPER TROUGH AXIS CROSSES THE REGION EARLY EVENING...SO LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENT AT KSUN/KBYI OVERNIGHT. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS COULD KEEP MOISTURE EMBEDDED AT KPIH/KIDA AND STRATUS/FOG WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. WILL LEAN INTO KEEPING CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT BUT HOLD OFF ON FOG WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT GUIDANCE. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE IDZ023-025. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 426 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 IDZ017>025-031-032-311030- 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- 426 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE IDAHO PORTION OF THE WASATCH RANGE AND THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS. SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING VALLEY RAIN/MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION...FOCUSED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS. THIS SYSTEM MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 521 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 IDZ017-019>022-301800- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY... DRIGGS...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...ST. ANTHONY...EDIE SCHOOL... IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT... FORT HALL...AMERICAN FALLS...MALAD CITY...OAKLEY...ROCKLAND 521 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS THIS MORNING... AREA OBSERVATIONS AND WEBCAMS ARE SHOWING RAIN HAS BEGUN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS COULD PRODUCE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING ON AREA ROADS.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy wet snow fell through the morning hours on the 30th. Power outages were reported due to the heavy snow at Rigby and Rexburg. Measured snow amounts were 8 inches in Rigby, 8 inches in Ririe, and 7 inches in Idaho Falls.
Ten inches of snow fell at the Pebble Creek Ski Resort. 6 inches of snow fell in Grace. 5 inches fell at the Pine Creek Pass SNOTEL with 6 inches at the Wild Horse Divide SNOTEL.
Heavy wet snow fell through the morning on the 30th behind a cold front. Blackfoot reported 6 inches of snow with 5.3 inches at the Pocatello National Weather Service Office and 5 inches in Chubbuck.
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, March 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: 506105, 506107, 506106.