Utah, 1999

Heavy Snow in Utah, January 23 to 24, 1999

January 23 to 24, 1999 · NWS SLC · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

A storm moved in late on the 23rd, and lasted into the 24th, bringing heavy snow to the northern mountains with areas of heavy snow in the northern valleys. Even the usually dry western deserts got into the act, with Wendover receiving 5 inches of snow.

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 storm moved in late on the 23rd, and lasted into the 24th, bringing heavy snow to the northern mountains with areas of heavy snow in the northern valleys. Even the usually dry western deserts got into the act, with Wendover receiving 5 inches of snow. The mountains generally got between 10 and 18 inches, while the valleys and benches received 4-10 inches as a rule. Some of the higher amounts included Nordic Valley with 18 inches, Park City with 17 inches, Deer Valley with 15 inches, The Canyons with 14 inches, and Pineview with 13 inches. In the valleys and benches, Bountiful reported 9 inches, Tooele had 8 inches, Brigham City and Centerville with 7 inches, while Logan, Layton and South Ogden had 6 inches.

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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 12:00 PM 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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
January 23, 7:00 PM MST to January 24, 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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5680257, 5680258, 5680259, 5680260, 5680261, 5680262, 5680263, 5680264.