Heavy Snow — Western Uinta Basin, Utah

2008-01-04 to 2008-01-07 · Western Uinta Basin, Utah

Event narrative

Altamont received 11 inches of snow, including 6 inches during a 12 hour period on January 6th.

Wider weather episode

A couple of fronts in quick succession brought snow to much of Utah. The first cold front arrived in northern Utah late on the 4th and brought widespread snow to northern Utah and heavy rain and mountain snow to southwest Utah on the 5th. Another cold front brought snow to the entire region on the 6th, continuing in southern Utah into the 7th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 74848. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.