Idaho, 2019

Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 12 to 13, 2019

February 12 to 13, 2019 · NWS BOI · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Another strong wave pummeled Southwest Idaho with heavy snow and gusty winds.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 BOI wrote it up.

Another strong wave pummeled Southwest Idaho with heavy snow and gusty winds.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Boise Mountains

When
February 12, 8:00 PM MST to February 13, 8:00 AM MST
Where
Boise Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.602, -115.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A trained spotter reported 17 inches of new snow at Featherville and many reports of 10 to 12 inches were received from social media around Idaho City.

Heavy Snow, West Central Mountains

When
February 12, 8:00 PM MST to February 13, 8:00 AM MST
Where
West Central Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
44.543, -116.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Local broadcast media reported 10 to 15 inches of new snow. Blowing and drifting snow closed schools across the area.

Heavy Snow, Camas Prairie

When
February 12, 8:00 PM MST to February 13, 8:00 AM MST
Where
Camas Prairie forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
43.409, -115.137 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Local broadcast media reported 10 to 15 inches of new snow. Blowing and drifting snow closed schools across the area.

Heavy Snow, Upper Weiser Valley

When
February 12, 8:00 PM MST to February 13, 8:00 AM MST
Where
Upper Weiser Valley forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
44.671, -116.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Local broadcast media reported 5 to 7 inches of new snow. Blowing and drifting snow closed schools across the area.

Heavy Snow, Western Magic Valley

When
February 12, 11:00 PM MST to February 13, 11:00 AM MST
Where
Western Magic Valley forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
42.672, -114.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trained spotters reported 6 to 8 inches of new snow around the Gooding and Jerome areas.

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

More

Every storm in Idaho in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2019

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: 810584, 810586, 810587, 810589, 810590.