A strong low pressure system in northern Arizona produced high winds across northern Utah. Gusty, easterly canyon winds caused damage especially near the canyons of the Wasatch Front.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system in northern Arizona produced high winds across northern Utah. Gusty, easterly canyon winds caused damage especially near the canyons of the Wasatch Front. Some peak gusts included: Mt. Ogden (9600' ASL) 101 mph (88 kts), Ogden Canyon 89 mph (77 kts), BYU in Provo 73 mph (63 kts), and 63 mph (55 kts) at the U of U in Salt Lake City. Widespread damage occurred including trucks being blown over, roof damage, trees and fences uprooted and power outages. A small airplane was overturned at the Ogden airport.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 1997
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5602683, 5602684, 5602685, 5602762.