A series of storms brought a 3-day snow event to Utah. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE (INCHES)..
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 series of storms brought a 3-day snow event to Utah. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE (INCHES).. TONY GROVE LAKE 29 BRIGHTON 29 FILLMORE 8 E 23 SOLITUDE 22 ALTA UDOT 22 ALTA LIFTS 22 STANSBURY MTS 22 SNOWBIRD 20 ELK RIDGE 19 OQUIRRH MTS 19 TOOELE 18 PAYSON R.S. 17 WASATCH PLATEAU 17 BRIAN HEAD 17 PAYSON 14 SPRUCES 14 SUNCREST-DRAPER 14 FARNSWORTH LAKE 14 ALPINE 13 FARMINGTON CYN 13 THE CANYONS 13 TRIAL LAKE 13 EAGLE MOUNTAIN 12 SPANISH FORK 12 MONTE CRISTO 12 TIMP DIVIDE 12 SANDY 11 CEDAR HILLS 11 GRANTSVILLE 11 CHALK CREEK 11 DUGWAY 10 SPRINGVILLE 10 EDEN 10 KANOSH 11 COVE FORT 10 PLEASANT GROVE 9 ROOSEVELT 9 LAKESIDE 9 CEDAR BREAKS 9 WEST JORDAN BENCH 7 HERRIMAN 7 MANTI 7 STERLING 7 FILLMORE 7 PROVO BYU 6 LAYTON BENCH 6 BOUNTIFUL 6 LAKETOWN 6 PARK CITY 6 DELTA 6 BEN LOMOND PEAK 6 NORTH SLC BENCH 5 UPPER MILLCREEK 5 OREM 5 NEPHI 5 COTTONWOOD HTS 5 OGDEN NE BENCH 4 SOUTH OGDEN 4 MANTUA 4 HYDE PARK 4 EAST LAYTON 4 WEST JORDAN 4 TAYLORSVILLE 4 UPPER SLC AVENUES 4 HEBER CITY 4 DUCHESNE 4 ALTAMONT 4 WEST HAVEN 3 LAYTON 3 ROY 3 FARMINGTON 3 SLC AIRPORT 3 SOUTH JORDAN 3 KAMAS 3 RANDOLPH 3 CEDAR CITY 3 BRIGHAM CITY 2
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 Jan 17, 4:35 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
435 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2006
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE GREAT
BASIN...AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT WILL FOLLOW FOR FRIDAY...THEN THE NEXT WEAK PACIFIC WEATHER
DISTURBANCE WILL FOLLOW FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE SLIDING EAST ACROSS UTAH THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE OF DAYS OF COLD/WET WEATHER FOR MUCH
OF NRN/CNTRL UT. WARM ADVECTION PRECIP MOVING EAST ALONG AND BEHIND
THE RIDGE AXIS GENERALLY LIGHT...AND CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH OF SLC.
SLIGHT BACKING OF THE FLOW THIS EVENING WILL KEEP WHAT THIS PRECIP
CONFINED TO THE NRN ZONES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE REAL EVENT GETS GOING TOMORROW AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT BEGIN TO
STREAM ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. HARD TO
IDENTIFY A SURFACE...THOUGH THICKNESS VALUES DO COME TUMBLING DOWN
DURING THE DAY. DEEP INSTABILITY THAT DEVELOPS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TROUGH
DYNAMICS AND JET SUPPORT ALONG WITH A FAVORABLE AIRMASS SHOULD
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PRECIP THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. OROGRAPHICS WILL ALSO BE IN PLAY DUE TO THE FAVORABLE LOW-
LEVEL FLOW...SO THE WASATCH RANGE COULD SEE EXCEPTIONAL AMOUNTS BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVING IN THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY SHOULD BRING A AN
END TO THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIP. THE NEXT PACIFIC SHORTWAVE WILL
DROP INTO THE BASIN SATURDAY. NOT PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH
THIS FEATURE RIGHT NOW AS IT LACKS SOLID BAROCLINIC STRUCTURE TO
GENERATE STRONG LIFT. STILL...THE NRN ZONES SHOULD SEE SOME SNOW AS
THIS FEATURE PASSES SATURDAY/SATURDAY EVENING.
THE SUNDAY-TUESDAY PERIODS A BIT HARD TO PIN DOWN RIGHT NOW AS THE
GFS HAS GONE TOWARDS A MORE ACTIVE SOLUTION. THE NEXT SYSTEM DROPPING
OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA NOW PROGGED BY THE GFS TO TRACK ALONG A
MORE SE TRAJECTORY TOWARD THE BASIN. THIS STANDS IN CONTRAST TO THE
ECMWF AND PREVIOUS GFS RUNS WHICH TOOK THIS FEATURE FURTHER WEST
OVER THE WEST COAST STATES. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT EXTENDED
DRIER FORECAST TREND IN PLACE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A PRECIP BAND WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE SLC TERMINAL BY 2330Z. THIS WILL CAUSE CEILINGS TO DROP
BELOW 6000FT AGL. LOW LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY SO THERE MAY NOT BE A
LOT OF PRECIP REACHING THE SURFACE INITIALLY. COOLER AIR TRAPPED IN
THE LOWER LEVELS COULD CAUSE PRECIP TYPE TO BE SNOW DESPITE
TEMPERATURES WARMING ALOFT. OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
IN PRECIP...ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALSO A 20% CHANCE OF IFR CONDITIONS IF
PRECIP TYPE IS INDEED SNOW. THE BAND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY
AROUND 01-02Z AND SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN PRECIP WITH CEILINGS
POSSIBLY POPPING BACK UP ABOVE 6000FT. MORE PRECIP IS POSSIBLE LATER
TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALTHOUGH THE PRECIP COULD POTENTIALLY WREAK HAVOC
WITH THE WIND DIRECTION.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WARNING UTZ007>009 THROUGH THURSDAY.
WINTER STORM WARNING UTZ001-002-006 THROUGH THURSDAY
WINTER STORM WATCH UTZ003-004-010 WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
FOR WYZ021
&&
PUBLIC...CONGER
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
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
20" in 18hrs, Tony Grove SNOTEL
14" in 3 hrs at Snowbird Ski Area
12" in 12 hrs, 16" total in Tooele
11" in 12 hrs, 14 total in Cedar Hills
6" in Manti
9.5 inches in Eden
10" in Kanosh
6" in Layton
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, January 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: 5492905, 5492906, 5492382, 5492383, 5492384, 5492387, 5492385, 5492386.