Heavy Snow, Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe
- When
- April 2, 12:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow in Utah, April 2, 1998
An upper-level low pressure system brought heavy snow to southwest Utah. 18" fell at the Brian Head Ski Resort while up to 5" accumulated in several southern valley towns.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- 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.
An upper-level low pressure system brought heavy snow to southwest Utah. 18" fell at the Brian Head Ski Resort while up to 5" accumulated in several southern valley towns.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Kane T X Nw X E/Sc Garfield
- When
- April 2, 12:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kane T X Nw X E/Sc Garfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow, X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver
- When
- April 2, 12:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
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 Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 2, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, April 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 2, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, April 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, April 2, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 2 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 1998
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: 5665341, 5665342, 5665343.