Utah, 2000

Heavy Snow in Utah, March 30, 2000

March 30, 2000 · NWS SLC · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A nice late March snowstorm dumped up to a foot of snow along mainly the northern portions of the Wasatch Front. Some of the higher totals included 12 inches in South Weber, 9 inches at Snowbird and Alta, 8 inches in East Layton and South Ogden, and 7 inches in Clearfield.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 nice late March snowstorm dumped up to a foot of snow along mainly the northern portions of the Wasatch Front. Some of the higher totals included 12 inches in South Weber, 9 inches at Snowbird and Alta, 8 inches in East Layton and South Ogden, and 7 inches in Clearfield.

Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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

When
March 30, 11:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis 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
March 30, 11:00 AM MST to 11:00 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
March 30, 11:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5178366, 5178367, 5178368.