Heavy Snow, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis
- When
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Heavy Snow in Utah, April 7 to 9, 2001
A cold and moist storm system brought heavy snow to much of Northern Utah, with several feet falling over a 2-day period at many resorts, and over a foot along some bench areas. One person was killed and several were injured in a chain reaction pile-up during the storm on I-15.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 cold and moist storm system brought heavy snow to much of Northern Utah, with several feet falling over a 2-day period at many resorts, and over a foot along some bench areas. One person was killed and several were injured in a chain reaction pile-up during the storm on I-15. Some storm totals included 44 inches at Solitude and Alta, 39 inches at Snowbird, 30 inches at Park City Summit, and 22 inches at Snowbasin. In the lower elevations, the Bountiful Bench received 16 inches of snow, with 11 inches in Centerville, 10 inches in East Layton and Fruit Heights, and 8 inches in South Ogden and Morgan.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
- When
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 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
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 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
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Heavy Snow, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete
- When
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Heavy Snow, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab
- When
- April 7, 10:00 AM MST to April 9, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E | 2001-04-08 | 21 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Winter Weather in California, April 7 to 10, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, April 7, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 17, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, April 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 7, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in Wisconsin, April 7, 2001
More
Every storm in Utah in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 2001
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: 5275431, 5275432, 5275433, 5275434, 5275435, 5275436.