Utah, 2006

Heavy Snow in Utah, January 28 to 29, 2006

January 28 to 29, 2006 · NWS SLC · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 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 Jan 28, 5:09 AM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 5:09 AM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch

When
January 28, 10:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

9" in 12h at Liberty

Heavy Snow, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder

When
January 28, 10:00 AM MST to 10:00 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
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

15" in 8 hrs at Ben Lomond peak

Heavy Snow, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab

When
January 28, 8:00 PM MST to January 29, 8:00 AM MST
Where
W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

6" in 12h at Alpine

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 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 2006

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5492391, 5492392, 5492390.