Utah, 1999

Heavy Snow in Utah, December 2 to 3, 1999

December 2 to 3, 1999 · NWS SLC · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

A major winter storm developed over Utah late on the 2nd and lasted into the morning hours of the 3rd. The heaviest snow fell along the Southern Wasatch Front.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$200,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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 major winter storm developed over Utah late on the 2nd and lasted into the morning hours of the 3rd. The heaviest snow fell along the Southern Wasatch Front. Near blizzard conditions were reported overnight in Northern Utah County, with drifts up to 3 feet in Pleasant Grove. On the morning of the third, 32 vehicles were involved in a chain reaction accident on I-15 near Point of the Mountain. Only 2 people were injured, but many cars sustained damage. Some higher snow amounts included 21 inches at Snowbird, 19 inches at Alta, 14 inches at Brian Head, 12 inches in Sandy, 11 inches in Fort Union, and 10 inches in Cottonwood, Holladay and Taylorsville.

Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah

When
December 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

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

When
December 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Nw Cache

When
December 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM 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 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM 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 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM 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 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM 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 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM 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 2, 6:00 PM MST to December 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$200,000
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

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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: 5724361, 5724362, 5724363, 5724364, 5724365, 5724366, 5724367, 5724368.