Utah, 2002

Heavy Snow in Utah, April 16, 2002

April 16, 2002 · NWS SLC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

After the wind and dust, came the snow and cold. At least across the north.

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.

After the wind and dust, came the snow and cold. At least across the north. Some mountain totals included 13 inches at Alta and Farmington Canyon, 12 inches at Brighton and 10 inches at Spruces. In the lower elevations, Spanish Fork got clobbered with 10-12 inches, Payson had 6 inches, North Salt Lake and Springville 5 inches, and Kanosh 4 inches. 2-3 inches fell over the rest of Salt Lake, Utah, and Davis Counties.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 7:58 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:58 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
858 PM MDT MON APR 15 2002

.SYNOPSIS...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH TONIGHT.
ANOTHER WEAKER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

.DISCUSSION...DANGEROUS AND COSTLY SPRING STORM STILL OVER CENTRAL
UTAH. LOTS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED TODAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND
SOME CLOSE CALLS FOR PEOPLE DUE TO FLYING/FALLING OBJECTS. FRONT IS
NOW FROM JUST EAST OF ST GEORGE TO NEAR PRICE THEN NORTHEAST. WINDS
DROPPING OFF QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAR ALL OF
THE WIND HIGHLIGHTS AT 1000 PM. WINTER WEATHER IS STARTING WITH SNOW
NOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR FOR AREAS NORTH OF SLC. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TROF SWINGS NORTHEAST AND ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH.

SLC +645 CDC 1112 GIBSON

.SLC...NUMEROUS WARNINGS/ADVISORIES/WATCHES IN EFFECT THROUGH
       TONIGHT.  SEE SLCWSWSLC AND SLCNPWSLC.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:24 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, UT
1024 PM MDT MON APR 15 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1035 AM    ENOCH                     UT   60 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0115 PM    HERRIMAN                  UT   63 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SALT LAKE

0137 PM    TOOELE                    UT   59 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   TOOELE

0140 PM    SAINT GEORGE              UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   WASHINGTON                     POWER LINES DOWNED

0145 PM    FILLMORE                  UT   69 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   MILLARD

0150 PM    DELTA                     UT   67 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   MILLARD

0155 PM    WENDOVER AWOS             UT   67 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   TOOELE

0255 PM    SALT LAKE AIRPORT #2 AWOS UT   78 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SALT LAKE

0200 PM    SOUTH MOUNTAIN            UT   96 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   TOOELE

0200 PM    STOCKTON BAR              UT   79 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   TOOELE

0205 PM    29 E WENDOVER             UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   TOOELE                         SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK FLIPPED

0210 PM    CROYDEN                   UT   69 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   MORGAN

0220 PM    SANDY                     UT   67 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SALT LAKE

0245 PM    THIOKOL                   UT   60 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   BOX ELDER

0310 PM    SANDY                     UT   59 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SALT LAKE

0325 PM    VERNON                    UT   65 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   TOOELE

0330 PM    CEDAR CITY                UT   58 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0335 PM    RICHFIELD                 UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   SEVIER                         ROOFS DESTROYED ON SEVERAL
                                          BUILDINGS

0443 PM    CEDAR CITY ASOS           UT   62 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0432 PM    MILFORD ASOS              UT   64 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   BEAVER

0435 PM    SAINT GEORGE AWOS         UT   68 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   WASHINGTON

0501 PM    HORSE HOLLOW RAWS         UT   70 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   MILLARD

0313 PM    MUD SPRING RAWS           UT   71 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   JUAB

0435 PM    TELEGRAPH FLAT RAWS       UT   65 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   KANE

0604 PM    WHITE REEF RAWS           UT   71 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   WASHINGTON

0530 PM    DRAPER                    UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   SALT LAKE                      MEDIA REPORTS MAJOR POWER
                                          LINE DAMAGE

0340 PM    HERRIMAN                  UT   72 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SALT LAKE

0404 PM    BADGER SPRINGS RAWS       UT   72 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   WASHINGTON

0440 PM    CAMP WILLIAMS             UT   60 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   UTAH

0440 PM    TOOELE                    UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   TOOELE                         COLLAPSED OUTBUILDINGS

0450 PM    JENSEN SPRINGS RAWS       UT   69 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0707 PM    SIGNAL PEAK RAWS          UT   87 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   SEVIER

0334 PM    BRIMSTONE RAWS            UT   75 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   BEAVER

0510 PM    CEDAR CITY                UT   60 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0550 PM    PINTO JUNCTION            UT   69 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   IRON

0610 PM    SAINT GEORGE              UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   WASHINGTON                     2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES
                                          DESTROYED

0630 PM    CENTERVILLE               UT   61 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
04/15/02   DAVIS

0730 PM    ENTERPRISE                UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   WASHINGTON                     TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN

0800 PM    GREENVILLE                UT   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/02   BEAVER                         OUTBUILDINGS AND POWER
                                          POLES DAMAGED

CVG

Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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

When
April 16, 1:00 AM MST to 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
April 16, 1:00 AM MST to 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, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E

When
April 16, 1:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where
W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
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 16, 1:00 AM MST to 3:00 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 16, 1:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where
W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab 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 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 2002

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: 5324460, 5324461, 5324462, 5324463, 5324464.