Another Pacific system brought snow and winds causing more road closures in eastern Idaho on the 13th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Another Pacific system brought snow and winds causing more road closures in eastern Idaho on the 13th.
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 Apr 12, 3:12 PM MST, 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
More snow and winds closed State Highway 33 from Newdale to Tetonia and State Highway 32 from Ashton to Tetonia on the morning of the 13th. Snowfall totals were 8 inches in Ashton and 6.1 inches at Driggs.
Idaho State Highway 33 was closed on the morning of the 13th from Newdale to Tetonia due to snow and strong winds causing drifting and blowing snow. Amounts were in the 2 to 4 inch range.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, April 2023
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: 1095561, 1095562.