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Winter storms were expected to continue this morning in much of the state, adding to Sunday's traffic-snarling feet of snow.
The weekend's storm hit Weber County and southern Salt Lake County especially hard, dumping nearly a foot of snow on Ogden and the Jordans, with 13 inches in Suncrest and 14 inches in Alpine.
National Weather Service forecasters predicted 12 to 22 inches overnight in the Wasatch and Western Uinta mountains, adding to Sunday's snowfalls of 1 to 2 1/2 feet in the mountains. Four to 12 inches were to fall along the Wasatch front and in the Tooele Valley. One to 3 feet of snow were expected in the central and southern mountains and 6 to 10 inches along Interstate 15 in central and southwest Utah.
U.S. Highway 189 was to remain closed throughout the night in Provo Canyon, and U.S. Highway 491 was closed between Monticello and the Colorado state line. Interstate 70 was open, but heavy snow made for treacherous driving, troopers said. A small avalanche Sunday afternoon covered State Road 158 near Pineview Dam in Weber County; no one was injured, sheriff's deputies said.
The storm - which brought 74 mph wind gusts to the mountains above Park City and 43 mph gusts at Salt Lake City International Airport - has caused avalanche danger in the backcountry for all the state's mountain ranges monitored by the Utah Avalanche Center. The center issued an extreme-danger warning for the Abajo and LaSal mountains at 4 p.m. today, and earlier high-danger warnings in northern Utah's mountains remain in effect. Avalanche danger characterized as considerable to high was reported in the the Manti Skyline and Wasatch Plateau areas.
Crews believe winter weather may have contributed to a water-line break that left about 20 residents without water near 225 E. Liberty Road in North Salt Lake, said Steve Simpson, a North Salt Lake police spokesman.
"The water actually pushed the street up about 5, 6 inches," Simpson said. Water was later restored.
Several power outages left people without electricity around the state, said Jeff Hymas, a Rocky Mountain Power spokesman.
Snow and sleet downed a power line that left 2,600 customers in Taylorsville and 2,000 more in North Salt Lake without electricity Sunday morning, while a conductor failure affected more than 1,300 in Perry.
In addition, the San Juan School District will be closed today, police said.
* Brighton Crest: 33 inches
* Eden: 24 inches
* Liberty: 22 inches
* Snowbasin: 20 inches
* Sundance: 19 inches
* Alta: 19 inches
* Park City, Jupiter Peak: 14 inches
* Solitude: 14 inches
* Snowbird: 11 inches