Heavy Snow, Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs
- When
- March 4, 12:00 PM MST to March 6, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Utah, March 4 to 6, 1996
A broad trough moved over the Great Basin and Intermountain West on these dates. A series of short waves rotated through this trough creating several "mini-snowstorms" during this time.
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 broad trough moved over the Great Basin and Intermountain West on these dates. A series of short waves rotated through this trough creating several "mini-snowstorms" during this time. Snowfall amounts ranged from 10-36 inches with the Alta Ski Resort leading the way at 36". The Brian Head Ski Resort received 16 inches, the most in the southern mountains.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Unita Basin
- When
- March 4, 12:00 PM MST to March 6, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Unita Basin 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
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 4 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, March 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: 5536186, 5536187.