A strong upper level jet stream and embedded weather disturbances brought heavy snow to much of eastern Utah and western Colorado.
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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 GJT wrote it up.
A strong upper level jet stream and embedded weather disturbances brought heavy snow to much of eastern Utah and western Colorado.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall accumulations ranged from 5 to 10 inches with 13.5 inches measured at the Kings Cabin SNOTEL. Peak winds hit 36 mph with blowing and drifting snow across Utah State Highway 191.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 5 to 10 inches with up to a foot reported in the La Sal Mountains. Peak wind gusts up to 60 mph were measured over La Sal Mountain with widespread blowing and drifting snow.
Five inches of snow was measured at the East Willow Creek SNOTEL with peak winds between 35 and 44 mph causing blowing and drifting snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 2019
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: 794328, 794333, 794329.