Heavy Snow, Salt Lake and Toole Valleys
- When
- April 4, 9:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake and Toole Valleys forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
Heavy Snow in Utah, April 4 to 5, 1997
A cold front swept into northwest Utah on the evening of the 4th. Heavy snow bands developed over the Great Salt Lake.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A cold front swept into northwest Utah on the evening of the 4th. Heavy snow bands developed over the Great Salt Lake. Generally the valleys received 2-6" with 9" measured on Wasatch Blvd. in eastern Slat Lake City. Both the Alta and Snowbird ski resorts had 2' of snow. Several traffic accidents occurred due to the heavy snow.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Wasatch Front/Lehi/Provo/Nephi
- When
- April 4, 9:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Wasatch Front/Lehi/Provo/Nephi forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountain Valleys/Huntsville/Park City/Heber
- When
- April 4, 9:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountain Valleys/Huntsville/Park City/Heber forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- April 4, 9:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 4 to 7, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Wyoming, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 1997
Sources
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: 5602771, 5602772, 5602773, 5602774.