Heavy Snow in Utah, October 11 to 12, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, October 11 to 12, 2000
Start: 2000-10-11T12:00
End: 2000-10-12T12:00
Location: Utah

October 11 to 12, 2000 · NWS SLC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy snow fell in portions of the Wasatch Mountains, with Alta picking up 11 inches of snow, and Brighton and Solitude 10 inches. Down south, Brian Head reported 9 inches of new snow.

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 SLC wrote it up.

Heavy snow fell in portions of the Wasatch Mountains, with Alta picking up 11 inches of snow, and Brighton and Solitude 10 inches. Down south, Brian Head reported 9 inches of new snow.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains South of I80

When: October 11, 12:00 PM MST to October 12, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Snow, Central and Southwest Mountains

When: October 11, 12:00 PM MST to October 12, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Central and Southwest Mountains 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

Every storm in Utah in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5177912, 5177913.