Heavy Snow, Eastern Uinta Mountains
- When
- December 24, 4:00 PM MST to December 25, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Uinta Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.506, -109.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Utah, December 24 to 25, 2000
An upper level low pressure system dropped slowly south over eastern Utah. This resulted in heavy snow over the eastern Uinta Mountains where 15 to 19 inches of new snow was reported.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 GJT wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system dropped slowly south over eastern Utah. This resulted in heavy snow over the eastern Uinta Mountains where 15 to 19 inches of new snow was reported. Significant snowfall also developed over the lower elevations of east-central Utah where 2 to 5 inches of snow was common.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Grand Flat and Arches
- When
- December 24, 4:00 PM MST to December 25, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Grand Flat and Arches forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.982, -109.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 24 to 26, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, December 24 to 26, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 24 to 26, 2000
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 24 to 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 24 to 27, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, December 24 to 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24 to 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 24 to 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 2000
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: 5168896, 5168897.