A strong and cold Pacific storm system intensified over western Utah during the Thanksgiving weekend and brought widespread heavy snows to many areas of the state. Heavy snows along and near the I-15 corridor between Cedar City and Fillmore as well as an area northeast of Price along US Highway 6 brought hazardous road conditions to holiday travelers. Numerous accidents along these two major travel arteries forced law enforcement officials to close them for several hours. Heavy snows along roadways in northern areas of the state also caused major travel problems. Six individuals traveling on slick roadways lost their lives during this two day stretch of winter weather in Cache, Rich, and Tooele counties. Some of the higher snowfall totals include 37 inches at Farnsworth Lake, 32 inches at Alta, 30 inches in the Oquirrh Mountains, 29 at Pine Creek, 26 inches at Snowbird, 25 at Brian Head, 24 at Solitude, 21 at Spruces, 20 at Brighton, 20 at Cedar Breaks, 19 at Trial Lake, 18 at Farmington Canyon, 15 at Strawberry Divide and the Wasatch Plateau,  15 at Kolob-Zion, 14 at Sundance, 14 at Tony Grove Lake, 13 at Snowbasin, 13 at Nephi, 12 at Tooele Bench, Parley's Summit, Levan, Gordon Creek, and Mount Pleasant, 11 at Fillmore, Cascade Mountain, and the Bountiful Bench, 10 at Deer Creek Dam and Morgan, 9 at Deer Valley, Santaquin, Layton Bench, Ferron, Cedar City, Heber City, and Tooele, 8 at Sandy Castle Dale, and Pinto Junction, 7 at Emery, Eden, Brigham City, East Layton, Herriman, Cottonwood Heights, South Ogden, North Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City East Bench, 6 at Park City, Ogden Bench, Centerville Val Verda, Milford, Randolph, 5 in Taylorsville, Fort Union area of Salt Lake Valley, Long Valley Junction, Altamont, Coalville, and Spanish Fork, 4 inches at Alpine, and Grantsville, 3 at the Salt Lake City International Airport and Stansbury Park.Some of the higher water totals include 2.80 inches at Farnsworth Lake, 2.30 inches at Pine Creek, 2.10 at Oquirrh Mountains, 1.76 at Alta, 1.75 at Snowbird, 1.60 at Farmington Canyon, 1.52 at Brian Head, 1.37 at Solitude. 1.30 at Cedar Breaks. 1.23 at Sundance, 1.10 at Wasatch Plateau, 1.10 at Kolob-Zion, 1.08 inches at Snowbasin, 1.06 at Fillmore, 1.00 at Trial Lake and Strawberry, .99 on the Bountiful Bench and Brighton Ski Area, 0.97 at Spruces, 0.90 at Cascade Mountain, Tony Grove Lake, and Parley's Summit, 0.86 on the Layton Bench, and 0.77 at the Cedar City Airport.

Heavy Snow in E WASATCH T X NE/S WC DUCHESNE/X NE SAN PETE/CARBON T SC/P X NE X NW EMERY, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Heavy Snow in P SC CARBON/NW EMERY T X NW, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Heavy Snow in W SUMMIT T NW/SE SALT LAKE/WASATCH X SC/E UTAH/P X E JUAB/X NW SAN PETE, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in W SALT LAKE T X W/E TOOLE T X E, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Property damage: 30K
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy Snow in RICH/CACHE T NW/P E C WEBER/MOST OF MORGAN/NW SUMMIT/NE SALT LAKE/X NE BOX ELDER, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Property damage: 250K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in NE BOX ELDER T X NE/W WEBER/DAVIS, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Heavy Snow in X NW KANE/XS XE IRON/N W WASHINGTON/NW WC GARFIELD/PIUTE/W WAYNE/SEVIER T C/X E MILLARD/S SANPETE T SC/X SE JUAB/P X NW EMERY/X E BEAVER, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in P NC WEBER/P C MORGAN/P W C SUMMIT/P SC WASATCH, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Heavy Snow in BEAVER T X E/IRON T XS XE, UTAH
From 27-NOV-04 05:00:00 to 28-NOV-04 14:00:00 (MST)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC