Utah, 1999

Heavy Snow in Utah, April 4 to 5, 1999

April 4 to 5, 1999 · NWS SLC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

S. Heavy snow fell for awhile in much of the area, with Escalante reporting 13 new inches, Bryce Canyon 11 inches, Brian Head 9 inches, Monticello 8 inches, and Ferron 6 inches.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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.

Southern Utah got into the act as a storm dove into the Southwestern U.S. Heavy snow fell for awhile in much of the area, with Escalante reporting 13 new inches, Bryce Canyon 11 inches, Brian Head 9 inches, Monticello 8 inches, and Ferron 6 inches.

Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, C Sc Sanpete/C Sevier

When
April 4, 12:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
Where
C Sc Sanpete/C Sevier forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Emery T Nw X Ne/C E Wayne/P Sc Carbon

When
April 4, 12:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Emery T Nw X Ne/C E Wayne/P Sc Carbon forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Kane T X Nw X E/Sc Garfield

When
April 4, 12:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Kane T X Nw X E/Sc Garfield forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Ne Garfield/X Sc X Se Wayne/C N San Juan

When
April 4, 12:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Ne Garfield/X Sc X Se Wayne/C N San Juan forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

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 4, 12:00 PM MST to April 5, 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
GENERAL PUBLIC

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 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 1999

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: 5686730, 5686731, 5686732, 5686733, 5686734.