![Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean. Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean.](https://www.sltrib.com/resizer/rALTrsE9iOTW63catZ3bJm-Pq28=/1024x650/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/OMCOE42SQ5A2DIPV6EZWAUTTM4.jpg)
Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean.
![NWS Salt Lake City on Twitter: "On this date in 1983: the "State Street River" was formed! What are your memories from Utah's flooding in 1983? #utwx https://t.co/9phHm84esU" / Twitter NWS Salt Lake City on Twitter: "On this date in 1983: the "State Street River" was formed! What are your memories from Utah's flooding in 1983? #utwx https://t.co/9phHm84esU" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBAtB-wVoAAOKdZ.jpg)
NWS Salt Lake City on Twitter: "On this date in 1983: the "State Street River" was formed! What are your memories from Utah's flooding in 1983? #utwx https://t.co/9phHm84esU" / Twitter
![Flood Watch 1983: Newspaper Coverage of the Flooding of Thistle and Salt Lake City | Utah Communication History Encyclopedia Flood Watch 1983: Newspaper Coverage of the Flooding of Thistle and Salt Lake City | Utah Communication History Encyclopedia](https://utahcommhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/p0261n10.jpg)
Flood Watch 1983: Newspaper Coverage of the Flooding of Thistle and Salt Lake City | Utah Communication History Encyclopedia
![Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean. Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean.](https://www.sltrib.com/resizer/cVCFQLwEf0Ie4xox8lsQhHQ9ztE=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib/public/KRK5SBV2OZC4JJA4KXDW4MNPBY.jpg)
Salt Lake City's flooding in 1983 followed a year of rain and snow. Here's what this year's deep snowpack could mean.
![State Street "river," Salt Lake flood of 1983 [07] | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library State Street "river," Salt Lake flood of 1983 [07] | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library](https://collections.lib.utah.edu/dl_files/b1/dd/b1ddd6a2130af50934aef05170c8c4c27469bc41.jpg)
State Street "river," Salt Lake flood of 1983 [07] | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library
![Letter: One reason Salt Lake City flooded in 1983 was the numerous buried rivers and creeks | Seven Canyons Trust Letter: One reason Salt Lake City flooded in 1983 was the numerous buried rivers and creeks | Seven Canyons Trust](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530e3f55e4b088e83bb95f08/1677525442935-MOCZUHUW52ZTY615GAH5/Burial+of+City+Creek+in+Concrete+Culvert+Pipe+in+1910.jpg?format=1500w)