A moist storm system moved through Utah at the end of January, bringing widespread snowfall to the state. The heaviest snowfall was mostly recorded in central Utah.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A moist storm system moved through Utah at the end of January, bringing widespread snowfall to the state. The heaviest snowfall was mostly recorded in central Utah.
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 29, 5:54 AM MST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 554 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. A COOL UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .SHORT TERM(THRU 12Z SAT)...THE RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST IS SHIFTING INLAND AND FLATTENING EARLY THIS MORNING. MOISTURE STREAMING THROUGH THE RIDGE IS BEGINNING TO ARRIVE ACROSS NRN UT AND WARM FRONTAL LIFT SHOULD START TO GENERATE PRECIP SOON. RADAR HAS STARTED FILLING IN OVER AND NORTH OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN UTAH YET. THE AIRMASS ALOFT IS FAIRLY MILD AND WILL BE WARMING THRU THE MORNING BUT THERE REMAINS A SHALLOW COLD LAYER NEAR THE SURFACE ACROSS FAR NRN UT DEEPEST IN THE CACHE VALLEY. THIS COULD RESULT IN PRECIP FALLING AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME EARLY TODAY UNTIL THE LOW LEVELS WARM SUFFICIENTLY BY MID MORNING TO SWITCH PRECIP TO RAIN AND COULD CREATE LOCAL SLICK ROADWAYS ACROSS NRN UT NORTH OF ABOUT OGDEN IF IT OCCURS. EXPECT PRECIP TO REMAIN LIMITED TO ABOUT THE NRN 1/3 OF THE CWA TODAY AND OVER AND WEST OF THE MTNS. IT SHOULD SPREAD INTO CENTRAL UT TONIGHT AS THE UPSTREAM RIDGE CONTINUES TO FLATTEN AND THE MOISTURE STREAM SAGS SOUTH. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SAG INTO NRN UT THU MORNING AS WEAK TROFFINESS DEVELOPS OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH THRU THE CWA THU INTO THU EVE AS A TROF DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON HANDLING THIS FRONT AND HAVE SORT OF SETTLED ON A COMPROMISE SOLUTION THAT WOULD KEEP PRECIP AS RAIN IN THE NRN VALLEYS THU MORNING BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. ALSO...THE FRONT MOVES ONLY SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL UT THU MIDDAY THRU AFTN WITH MUCH LARGER PRECIP TOTALS OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL MTNS...NOW SIMILAR TO WHAT IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTH. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND UPGRADED THE EXISTING WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE NRN MTNS ALTHO EXPECT THE WASATCH PLATEAU TO NOT REALLY GET GOING UNTIL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. ALSO ADDED THE CENTRAL MTNS TO THE WARNING BUT NOT STARTING UNTIL TONIGHT. THE HIGH SNOW LEVELS TODAY THRU MOST OF TONIGHT SHOULD PREVENT MUCH IN THE WAY OF TRAVEL IMPACT ACROSS THE PASSES BUT THIS WILL CHANGE QUICKLY ON THU AS SNOW LEVELS FALL. IT APPEARS PRECIP WINDS DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY THU NIGHT BUT REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH THRU FRI AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS THERE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HIGHLIGHTS MAY BEE NEEDED FOR THE WESTERN VALLEYS AND SRN MTNS ALONG WITH WY AND THE MTN VALLEYS BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE UNTIL THU SO HAVE HELD OFF ISSUING THESE AT THIS TIME. && .LONG TERM (AFTER 12Z SATURDAY)...BY SATURDAY MORNING...THE BAROCLINIC ZONE IS EXPECTED TO BE PARKED NEAR THE UTAH/ARIZONA BORDER. THE FIRST PIECE OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME WITH THE SECOND PART MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH. GENERALLY INSTABILITY WILL KEEP AN OUTSIDE SHOT OF SHOWERS IN FOR THE STATE WITH A BIT OF A BETTER SHOT OVER SOUTHERN UTAH WITH THE BOUNDARY. ALL MODELS MOVE THE SECOND WAVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH WOULD KEEP SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH WHILE PRECIP ENDS OVER THE REST OF THE STATE UNDER WEAK RIDGING. GLOBAL MODELS SHOW ONE MORE STORM IMPACTING THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM IS A BIT MORE ORGANIZED THAN THE LAST ONE BUT DIGS SOUTH INTO ARIZONA AS IT MOVES ACROSS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING. HAVE KEEP SOME POPS OVER THE TERRAIN AND OVER SOUTHERN UTAH DURING THIS TIME TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. BY TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO MOVE BACK OVER THE AREA...THOUGH EC/GFS SHOW A VERY WEAK GRAZING TROUGH FOR NORTHEAST UTAH TUESDAY MORNING. BOTH MODELS ARE NOW INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER STORM FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SO HAVE RAISED POPS A BIT FOR THAT PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE SLC TERMINAL. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW 6000 FT AGL WITH RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON IN HEAVIER RAIN. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5AM MST FRIDAY MORNING FOR UTZ007>010. UT...WINTER STORM WARNING 11PM TONIGHT UNTIL 5AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR UTZ517. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WILENSKY LONG TERM/AVIATION...TRAPHAGAN FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 613 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-301300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 613 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN RIDGES TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY THEN STALL ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN VALLEYS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. RAIN WITH SNOW ABOVE ABOUT 5000 FEET COULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/ (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL ROAD TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The Strawberry Divide SNOTEL received 1.70 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 18 inches of new snow.
The Ben Lomond Peak SNOTEL received 3.10 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 24 inches of new snow.
The Seeley Creek SNOTEL received 1.50 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation, or approximately 18 inches of new snow.
The Sanpete and Sevier Valleys received the most valley snowfall across the state, with storm total snowfall of 10 inches in Manti, 10 inches in Richfield, and 9 inches in Gunnison.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 2014
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: 497612, 497611, 497613, 497614.