Heavy Snow in Utah, May 15, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, May 15, 1998
Start: 1998-05-15T01:00
End: 1998-05-15T08:00
Location: Utah

May 15, 1998 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

6-7" of snow fell in the southwest mountains overnight.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $300
Events: 1

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.

6-7" of snow fell in the southwest mountains overnight.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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: May 15, 1:00 AM MST to 8:00 AM 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
Crop damage: $300
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in Utah in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, May 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: 5665264.