Winter Storm in Western Uinta Basin, Utah

Winter Storm April 15, 2013 – April 16, 2013 · Western Uinta Basin, Utah

What the National Weather Service wrote

Altamont, Utah received the heaviest recorded snowfall from the event, as the cold frontal boundary set up over the Uinta Basin for an extended period of time. For the storm, Altamont received a total of 19 inches new snow.

The wider storm

A large, moist storm system moved through the region in mid-April. One of the main features with this storm was a cold frontal boundary that stalled across Utah for more than a day, bringing heavy snowfall to the valleys of southwest and northeast Utah.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 448891. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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