Utah, 1999

Heavy Snow in Utah, December 13 to 14, 1999

December 13 to 14, 1999 · NWS SLC · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

A vigorous cold front moved through Northern Utah, bringing more snow to the mountains and Wasatch Front. Most valleys picked up another 2-5 inches with 3-6 on the benches.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 vigorous cold front moved through Northern Utah, bringing more snow to the mountains and Wasatch Front. Most valleys picked up another 2-5 inches with 3-6 on the benches. The mountains received 12-18 inches generally. As usual, Alta came in with the most with 19 inches of fresh powder. Snowbird and Solitude got 15 inches, with 14 inches at Monte Cristo and Brighton.

Event by event

7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Nw Cache

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 PM MST
Where
Nw Cache forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 PM MST
Where
P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 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

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

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 PM MST
Where
W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

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

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 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
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab

When
December 13, 6:00 PM MST to December 14, 12:00 PM MST
Where
W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab 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, December 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: 5724388, 5724389, 5724432, 5724433, 5724616, 5724617, 5724618.