A fast moving storm brought snow and lots of wind. This system was responsible for over 100 traffic acidents.
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.
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A fast moving storm brought snow and lots of wind. This system was responsible for over 100 traffic acidents.
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 Feb 14, 8:56 PM MST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 856 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN LINGER INTO NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...EVENING ANALYSIS SHOWS A SHARP BAROCLINIC ZONE AT H7 OVER NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTH TO CENTRAL UTAH. THIS THE LEADING EDGE OF A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WHICH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT BASIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CLOUD TOPS COOLING AND RADAR ECHOES ARE INCREASING WITHIN THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. A JET SPEED MAX IS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE EXIT REGION OF THAT SPEED MAX WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL UTAH BY 12Z WED. ASSOCIATED AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION WILL INTENSIFY THE FRONTAL ZONE OVER NORTHERN UTAH DURING THE MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW RESULTING. POST-FRONTAL THE AIRMASS AND FLOW ARE SUPPORTIVE OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT FOR THE WASATCH FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AT THE SURFACE LATEST GFS HAS A LOW MOVING FROM KMMM TO K4HV TO KGJT DURING THE DAY. H7 FLOW AS STRONG AS 50 KNOTS WITH AND JUST SOUTH OF THE LOW. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FAR SOUTHERN UTAH WILL HELP THE STRONGER WINDS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE AND PROVIDE A DIABATIC INPUT TO INTENSIFY THE FRONT AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO LIKELY WITH THE FRONT ACROSS EASTERN UTAH WEDNESDAY. ADJUSTED PRECIP TYPE WORDING EARLIER FOR THE SOUTHWEST ZONES FOR WEDNESDAY. ALSO ADJUSTED SOME BENCH SNOW WORDING FOR THE WASATCH FRONT. OTHERWISE...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE NIGHT. && .AVIATION...A SURFACE COLD FRONT STALLED OVER NORTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD AS COLDER AIR ALOFT PUSHES THROUGH THE SLC AREA TOMORROW MORNING. A PRECIP BAND DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST DESERT THIS EVENING WILL LOWER CEILINGS AT SLC AS IT MOVES BY JUST NORTH OF THE TERMINAL. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE 5500-6000FT RANGE BY 04Z. DUE TO RAIN SHADOWING EFFECTS WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...ONLY EXPECT A 10% CHANCE OF IFR CONDITIONS IN SNOW. NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AT THE SLC TERMINAL DUE TO PRECIP TO THE NORTH AND A WEAK NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINING OVER THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AFTER 12Z AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA AND LOW-END MVFR TO IFR VISBYS AND CIGS DEVELOP IN SNOW. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...SNOW ADVISORY ZONES 1/2/5/6/7 THROUGH 4AM THU ...WINTER STORM WATCH ZONES 3/4/8/14/15/16/17 WED THROUGH 11 AM THU ...HIGH WIND WATCH ZONES 19/20/21 WEDNESDAY WY...SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 21 THROUGH 4 AM THU && GIBSON AVIATION...CHENG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 423 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 UTZ001-002-005>007-WYZ021-151330- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 423 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BE WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MORE SNOW POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ003-004-008>010-014>017-151330- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 423 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH TO CENTRAL UTAH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH ON WEDNESDAY . MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ALONG WITH SNOW DEVELOPING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH AND ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR FROM THE WASATCH FRONT SOUTH TO CEDAR CITY. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BE WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MORE SNOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ019>021-151330- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 423 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CLOUD COVER WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLD AIR WILL THEN BE PRESENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL. ANOTHER STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND...BRINGING MORE WIND...RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS WEDNESDAY AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ011>013-018-151330- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- HENRY MOUNTAINS- 423 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO CENTRAL UTAH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS UTAH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ALONG WITH AREAS OF SNOW. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND...BRINGING WIND...RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF WIND...RAIN AND SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT WEEK. TRAVELERS HEADED OUT OF EASTERN UTAH SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY SNOW IN MOUNTAIN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GIBSON
8 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tony Grove, 12" in 12h, Parrich Creek 18" in 24h
Wellsville, 10" in 12h
Northeast Ogden Bench 14" in 24h
Mt Baldy
15" in 12h at Pickle Keg
10" at Eden, 14" at Liberty in 12h
6" in 12hours at Liberty
9.5" at WFO SLC
5" at Santaquin and 10" at Spanish Fork in 12h
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 2006
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: 5489518, 5492399, 5492400, 5489521, 5489522, 5489523, 5489524, 5489519, 5489520.