A potent winter storm moved through the state of Utah beginning on March 12th, with the heaviest snow falling in most locations on the 13th. The snowfall was widespread, including heavy snow in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A potent winter storm moved through the state of Utah beginning on March 12th, with the heaviest snow falling in most locations on the 13th. The snowfall was widespread, including heavy snow in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys. The storm caused travel impacts in southern Utah.
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
6 winter storm, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tooele received 8 inches of new snow, most of which fell in the morning and early afternoon of the 13th.
Pine Creek SNOTEL received 2.30 inches liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 30 inches of new snow.
Oak City received 6.5 inches of new snow, with Fillmore receiving 5.5 new inches.
Cedar City received 6 inches of new snow. In addition, a major pileup occurred on Interstate 15 near Beaver during the winter weather; two semitrailer trucks jackknifed on northbound I-15, setting off a chain-reaction accident involving 10 other vehicles, and the highway was closed or significantly slowed for an extended period of time during the cleanup.
Salina and Richfield both received a storm total of 6 inches of snow.
Webster Flat SNOTEL received 1.70 inches liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 21 inches of new snow.
Isolated severe thunderstorms formed with the system, with the St. George AWOS recording a maximum wind gust of 58 mph, and the St. George RAWS recording a wind gust of 59 mph.
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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: 220981, 220977, 220975, 220976, 220972, 220978, 221199.