Heavy Snow in Utah, December 20 to 21, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, December 20 to 21, 1999
Start: 1999-12-20T12:00
End: 1999-12-21T12:00
Location: Utah

December 20 to 21, 1999 · NWS SLC · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

A statewide snowstorm brought the heaviest amounts to the north once again. Alta and Snowbird received another 17 inches, with 16 inches at Solitude.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 statewide snowstorm brought the heaviest amounts to the north once again. Alta and Snowbird received another 17 inches, with 16 inches at Solitude. East Orem picked up 5 inches, with 4 inches in Logan and Heber City. Down south, Beaver Mountain had 10 inches and Brian Head 8 inches.

Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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

When: December 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 12:00 PM MST
Where: W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab 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: December 20, 12:00 PM MST to December 21, 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

Every storm in Utah in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5724619, 5724620, 5724621, 5724622, 5724623, 5724624, 5724625, 5724626.