Winter Storm, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm in Utah, December 4, 1998
A slow moving but vigorous cold front moved down the Wasatch Front early on the 4th, dumping 2-4 inches in the valleys, 4-8 inches along the benches and over a foot in the mountains. producing widespread power outages in southeast portions of the Salt Lake Valley.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 but vigorous cold front moved down the Wasatch Front early on the 4th, dumping 2-4 inches in the valleys, 4-8 inches along the benches and over a foot in the mountains. Thunderstorms accompanied the front...producing widespread power outages in southeast portions of the Salt Lake Valley. Several traffic accidents and a jack-knifed truck closed Parley's Canyon for a short time. No serious injuries were reported. Some of the snowfall amounts included 16 inches at The Canyons, 15 inches at Snowbird, 14 inches at Alta and the Bountiful bench and 12 inches at Monte Cristo and Snowbasin.
Event by event
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Nw Cache
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Nw Cache forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Winter Storm, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab
- When
- December 4, 6:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 4 to 11, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 4 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in California, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Heat in Arkansas, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, December 4, 1998
- Cold in California, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Rhode Island, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Georgia, December 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 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: 5675894, 5675895, 5675984, 5675985, 5675986, 5675987, 5675988.