Winter Storm, Nw Cache
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Nw Cache forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $80,000
Winter Storm in Utah, December 23 to 25, 1997
An arctic front moved down through Utah from Canada in a northerly flow aloft. Heavy snow fell across much of western Utah especially south of the Great Salt Lake.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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.
An arctic front moved down through Utah from Canada in a northerly flow aloft. Heavy snow fell across much of western Utah especially south of the Great Salt Lake. Strong easterly canyon winds also occurred along the Wasatch Front. Some peak wind gusts included: Centerville 66 mph (57 kts) and Ogden 56 mph (49 kts). Storm snowfall amounts included: Tooele 14", Milford 10", Kanosh 9", Brian Head and Magna 8", Santaquin and Randolph 5", and 4" in the Wasatch mountains, Logan and Brigham City.
Event by event
15 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe forecast zone
Winter Storm, C E Summit/X Ne Wasatch/N Duchesne
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- C E Summit/X Ne Wasatch/N Duchesne forecast zone
Winter Storm, C Sc Sanpete/C Sevier
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- C Sc Sanpete/C Sevier forecast zone
Winter Storm, C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah forecast zone
Winter Storm, E Wasatch T X Ne/S Wc Duchesne/X Ne San Pete/Carbon T Sc/P X Ne X Nw Emery
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- E Wasatch T X Ne/S Wc Duchesne/X Ne San Pete/Carbon T Sc/P X Ne X Nw Emery forecast zone
Winter Storm, Millard T X E/Juab T X E
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Millard T X E/Juab T X E forecast zone
Winter Storm, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Winter Storm, Ne Garfield/X Sc X Se Wayne/C N San Juan
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Ne Garfield/X Sc X Se Wayne/C N San Juan forecast zone
Winter Storm, P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch forecast zone
Winter Storm, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder forecast zone
Winter Storm, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
Winter Storm, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
Winter Storm, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
Winter Storm, X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM MST to December 25, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- X Nw Kane/Xs Xe Iron/N W Washington/Nw Wc Garfield/Piute/W Wayne/Sevier T C/X E Millard/S Sanpete T Sc/X Se Juab/P X Nw Emery/X E Beaver forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, December 23 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 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: 5623979, 5623980, 5624034, 5624035, 5624036, 5624037, 5624038, 5624039, 5624040, 5624041, 5624042, 5624043, 5624044, 5624045, 5624046.