Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- December 9, 9:00 PM MST to December 11, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Utah, December 9 to 11, 1996
Tropical moisture in a southerly flow brought precipitation to Utah on these dates. Snow levels were around 7,000 feet with warning criteria snow falling above that height.
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 SLC wrote it up.
Tropical moisture in a southerly flow brought precipitation to Utah on these dates. Snow levels were around 7,000 feet with warning criteria snow falling above that height. Generally 11-27 inches of snow fell in Utah's higher mountains. The greatest amount in northern Utah was at Alta where 27 inches fell. In southern Utah Duck Creek Village had 18 inches. No significant damage was reported.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains I80 North
- When
- December 9, 9:00 PM MST to December 11, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains I80 North forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Central and Southwest Mountains
- When
- December 9, 9:00 PM MST to December 11, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central and Southwest Mountains forecast zone
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
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- High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 9 to 10, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
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- High Wind in Nevada, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 9, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582955, 5582956, 5582957.