Heavy Snow — Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

2018-02-18 to 2018-02-20 · Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

Event narrative

The Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys saw widespread heavy snowfall. Storm total snowfall reports included 25 inches in Sandy, 23 inches in Cottonwood Heights, 17.5 inches in Tooele, 15 inches in Olympus Cove, and 14 inches in Taylorsville. For the calendar day of February 19, Tooele recorded 13 inches of snow, which broke the calendar day record of 8 inches, set in 1945.

Wider weather episode

A significant winter storm entered the state on February 18, bringing heavy snowfall to both valley and mountain locations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 739087. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.