Idaho, 2019

Winter Weather in Idaho, March 1 to 12, 2019

March 1 to 12, 2019 · NWS PIH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Extremely heavy winter snows caused continued road closures in Clark County closing two roads for several days. The roads closed were Kilgore A2 and Old 91 from McCullough Ranch to Spencer.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 PIH wrote it up.

Extremely heavy winter snows caused continued road closures in Clark County closing two roads for several days. The roads closed were Kilgore A2 and Old 91 from McCullough Ranch to Spencer.

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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 2:06 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:06 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Beaverhead-Lemhi Highlands

When
March 1, 2:00 AM MST to March 12, 1:00 AM MST
Where
Beaverhead-Lemhi Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
44.004, -112.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extremely heavy winter snows caused continued road closures in Clark County closing two roads for several days. The roads closed were Kilgore A2 and Old 91 from McCullough Ranch to Spencer.

Winter Weather, Centennial Mountains-Island Park

When
March 1, 2:00 AM MST to March 12, 2:00 AM MST
Where
Centennial Mountains-Island Park forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
44.091, -111.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extremely heavy winter snows caused continued road closures in Clark County closing two roads for several days. The roads closed were Kilgore A2 and Old 91 from McCullough Ranch to Spencer.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 815411, 815412.