Hail, Salt Lake
- When
- August 17, 1:10 PM MST to 2:05 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, South Jordan to Sugar House
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -111.930
Hail in Utah, August 17, 1997
Severe thunderstorms dumped large hail across the Salt Lake Valley and in American Fork.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Severe thunderstorms dumped large hail across the Salt Lake Valley and in American Fork.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:10 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Utah
- When
- August 17, 2:10 PM MST to 2:15 PM MST
- Where
- Utah County, American Fork
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -111.800
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, August 17 to 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Heat in Missouri, August 17, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, August 17 to 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, August 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: 5623787, 5623788.