More than a foot of snow fell at high elevations of southeast Idaho the last two days of March.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
More than a foot of snow fell at high elevations of southeast Idaho the last two days of March.
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 29, 12:50 PM MST, 21 hours 10 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell above 7500 feet with 16 inches estimated at the White Elephant SNOTEL. Under 4 inches fell at elevations under 6500 feet.
The Franklin Basin SNOTEL estimated 13 inches of snow with the storm.
The Mill Creek Summit SNOTEL estimated 20 inches of snow fell during the storm.
The Mill Creek Summit SNOTEL estimated 28 inches of snowfall during the storm. Nearly 8 inches of snow fell at the Stanley COOP site.
The forest service reported 13 inches of snow 5 miles west northwest of Galena. SNOTEL snowfall estimates during the storm were the following: Dollarhide Summit 18 inches, Galena 11 inches, Galena Summit 14 inches, and Lost Wood Divide 14 inches.
Twelve inches of snow was estimated at the Bear Canyon SNOTEL with 20 inches at Smiley Mountain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, March 2020
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: 881603, 881608, 881612, 881614, 881615, 881617.