Utah, 2000

Heavy Snow in Utah, November 8 to 9, 2000

November 8 to 9, 2000 · NWS SLC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Heavy snow pounded much of Northern Utah as a cold trough settled over the Great Basin. The Northern Utah Valleys along the Wasatch Front picked up 3-8 inches of snow, while the mountains received anywhere from 8-13 inches of powder.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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.

Heavy snow pounded much of Northern Utah as a cold trough settled over the Great Basin. The Northern Utah Valleys along the Wasatch Front picked up 3-8 inches of snow, while the mountains received anywhere from 8-13 inches of powder.

Event by event

5 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
November 8, 6:00 PM MST to November 9, 3:00 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
November 8, 6:00 PM MST to November 9, 3:00 PM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch

When
November 8, 6:00 PM MST to November 9, 3:00 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
November 8, 6:00 PM MST to November 9, 3:00 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
November 8, 6:00 PM MST to November 9, 3:00 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, November 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: 5177923, 5177924, 5177925, 5177973, 5178151.