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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Dec 27 2003 - 11:27:12 EST
Snow Reports from the NWS:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/snowmatrix/#NWS
ALTA UDOT 47.3" (37.5 IN 24 HOURS) 500 PM
SPRUCES CAMPGROUND 41.0" (33.0 IN 24 HOURS) 400 PM
SOLITUDE 39.0" (27.0 IN 24 HOURS) 400 PM
PHOTOS FROM KSL TV:
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?sid=66223&nid=5
FULL STORY FROM DESERET NEWS:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,575039707,00.html
QUOTES:
"The monstrous snowstorm that hammered the Wasatch Front Friday dropping
anywhere from a few inches in places to up to 4 feet of snow helped Utah's
drought situation, but it also brought death, power outages, traffic
accidents, business closures and other problems to the state.
Three Utah County snowboarders were missing and presumed dead Friday night
after they were caught in a late-afternoon avalanche at Aspen Grove on the
east side of Mount Timpanogos.
An estimated 70,000 Utah Power customers were without power for varied
periods of time.
State, county, city and airport snowplows were hard-pressed all day trying
to get ahead of the accumulating snow on valley and mountain highways and
runways. Canyon roads including those to popular ski resorts were closed
for hours.
Heavy snow, slick roads and speed contributed to almost 1,000 automobile
accidents.
According to Mark Eubank, KSL meteorologist in charge, the Salt Lake
record for the most snow for any December day had been 12.5 inches, on Dec.
28, 1972. "We broke that one-day record with Friday's storm," Eubank said.
By evening the city had already recorded almost 15 inches.
This storm also shattered the greatest snowfall daily record for a
Dec. 26 by producing 10.5 inches at the airport by 5 p.m. Friday. The old
record was 4.3 inches in 1936.
Downtown Salt Lake City had a double whammy. There was not much room to
store plowed snow as it piled up in the city. Posselli said his crews,
using dump trucks, would haul snow from the downtown area to a snow dump on
Indiana Avenue after the storm abated the first time in three years that
has had to be done."
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