Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 24 to 25, 2019

Name: Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 24 to 25, 2019
Start: 2019-02-24T21:00
End: 2019-02-25T09:00
Location: Idaho

February 24 to 25, 2019 · NWS BOI · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Another in a series of storms hit parts of Eastern Oregon and West Central Idaho bringing heavy snow to mountain locations.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 in a series of storms hit parts of Eastern Oregon and West Central Idaho bringing heavy snow to mountain locations.

What forecasters said that day

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 Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 8:36 PM MST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 8:36 PM MST, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 24, 4:44 PM MST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
444 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     HEAVY SNOW       1 S FEATHERVILLE        43.59N 115.26W
02/24/2019  M27.5 INCH       ELMORE             ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FROM 4 PM MST SAT FEB 23 TO 430 PM MST SUN FEB 24. STORM
            TOTAL 30.5 INCHES.

&&

LCOLIN

Local storm report, Feb 24, 5:33 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
533 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0532 PM     HEAVY SNOW       1 S MCCALL              44.90N 116.10W
02/24/2019  M11.0 INCH       VALLEY             ID   PUBLIC

            CURRENT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION SINCE 12AM
            2/23. MCCALL WEBCAM SNOW STAKE.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 24, 5:45 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
545 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0544 PM     HEAVY SNOW       11 SSE HORSESHOE BEND   43.77N 116.10W
02/24/2019  M11.0 INCH       BOISE              ID   PUBLIC

            CURRENT 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL FROM BOGUS BASIN
            SNOWSTAKE WEBCAM. STILL SNOWING.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 24, 5:53 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
553 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HEAVY SNOW       20 E DEADWOOD RESERVOIR 44.31N 115.23W
02/24/2019  M10.0 INCH       BOISE              ID   MESONET

            24 HOUR SNOW TOTAL AT BANNER SUMMIT SNOTEL
            7040 FT. STILL SNOWING.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 24, 6:12 PM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
612 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HEAVY SNOW       9 ESE PIONEERVILLE      43.93N 115.67W
02/24/2019  M15.0 INCH       BOISE              ID   MESONET

            MORES CREEK SUMMIT SNOTEL 6100 FEET SINCE
            2/23 7PM.

&&

The radar

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

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Boise Mountains

When: February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 9:00 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 at Featherville reported 19 inches of new snow while social media reported 10 to 12 inches around the Idaho City area.

Heavy Snow, West Central Mountains

When: February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 9:00 AM MST
Where: West Central Mountains forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.543, -116.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The COOP observer in McCall reported 13 inches of new snow with various reports of 10 to 12 inches reported by trained spotters and CoCoRAHS observers.

Heavy Snow, Camas Prairie

When: February 24, 9:00 PM MST to February 25, 9:00 AM MST
Where: Camas Prairie forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 43.409, -115.137 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Law enforcement reported 10 inches of new snow around Hill City and Fairfield.

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

Every storm in Idaho in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 810628, 810631, 810633.