Some locations in eastern Idaho received heavy snowfall over the 18th and 19th of February.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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.
Some locations in eastern Idaho received heavy snowfall over the 18th and 19th of February.
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 17, 4:14 PM MST, 7 hours 46 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dubois COOP observer recorded 9 inches of snow.
Eight inches of snow reported by the public in the Atomic City region.
Four to 8 inches of snow fell in the Upper Snake River Plain with 7.5 inches reported in Roberts. Idaho Falls and Rexburg reported 3 to 5 inches.
The Island Park COOP observer measured 16.9 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2026
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: 1320970, 1320994, 1321019, 1320961.