Utah, 1998

Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18, 1998

February 18, 1998 · NWS SLC · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Snow, locally heavy, fell in portions of northern Utah.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
$500
Events
4

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.

Snow, locally heavy, fell in portions of northern Utah.

Event by event

4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis

When
February 18, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
$500
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY

Heavy Snow, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E

When
February 18, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where
W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY

Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete

When
February 18, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 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
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
February 18, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 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

More

Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 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: 5665061, 5665062, 5665063, 5665064.