Winter Storm, Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs
- When
- February 21, 8:00 PM MST to February 22, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs forecast zone
Winter Storm in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
A slow moving long wave trough over the Great Basin left Utah's Mountains with Winter Storm conditions for over a 24 hour period. The Southern Mountains were hit especially hard with between 2-4 feet of snow reported.
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 SLC wrote it up.
A slow moving long wave trough over the Great Basin left Utah's Mountains with Winter Storm conditions for over a 24 hour period. The Southern Mountains were hit especially hard with between 2-4 feet of snow reported. The higher elevations in Northern Utah received 1-2' of snowfall. The Brianhead Ski Resort measured the most in the state with 47" of snow. Both the town of Duck Creek Village and the Snowbird Ski Resort had 24" of snow.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Western Unita Basin
- When
- February 21, 8:00 PM MST to February 22, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Unita Basin forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, February 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 21 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Washington, February 21, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Wildfire in Texas, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5535991, 5535992.