Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
- When
- January 2, 11:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Heavy Snow in Utah, January 2 to 3, 1998
Criteria snow fell in the northern and southwest mountains of Utah. A weak upper-level shortwave moved over the region in a moist southwest flow.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Criteria snow fell in the northern and southwest mountains of Utah. A weak upper-level shortwave moved over the region in a moist southwest flow. Deer Valley measured 13" and Brian Head had 4".
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder
- When
- January 2, 11:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 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
- 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
- January 2, 11:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 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
- January 2, 11:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 2, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, January 2 to 11, 1998
- Storm Surge in Florida, January 2, 1998 to January 3, 1999
- Flood in Florida, January 2 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, January 2 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, January 2, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in California, January 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 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: 5666276, 5666277, 5666278, 5666279.