A major winter storm blasted Northern Utah with heavy, wet mountain snow and valley rain and snow. Snowfall of 2-3 feet was common in the mountains, dramatically increasing the avalanche danger.
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.
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A major winter storm blasted Northern Utah with heavy, wet mountain snow and valley rain and snow. Snowfall of 2-3 feet was common in the mountains, dramatically increasing the avalanche danger. Snow reports included 34-36 inches at Alta, 31 inches at Solitude, 29 inches at Snowbird, 28 inches at Powder Mountain, 27 inches at Brighton, Snowbasin and Sundance, and 19 inches at Deer Valley.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 2000
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: 5178583, 5178584.