Heavy Snow, Cache Valley/Utah Portion
- When
- March 5, 12:00 PM MST to March 6, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cache Valley/Utah Portion forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
The strongest short wave from the previously mentioned storm system resulted in criteria snowfall for valley locations in the vicinity of the Wasatch Mountains. Snowfall amounts were 3-6 inches on the valley floors and 6-9" along the benches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
The strongest short wave from the previously mentioned storm system resulted in criteria snowfall for valley locations in the vicinity of the Wasatch Mountains. Snowfall amounts were 3-6 inches on the valley floors and 6-9" along the benches. Thunderstorms also rumbled across Northern Utah with this system. Lightning damage occurred to a house in Spring City (about 20 miles south of Provo).
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful
- When
- March 5, 12:00 PM MST to March 6, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
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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- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 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: 5536188, 5536189.