The jet stream moved right over northern Utah with high winds surfacing on the mountains. Most ski resorts were closed as the lifts had to be shutdown.
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.
The jet stream moved right over northern Utah with high winds surfacing on the mountains. Most ski resorts were closed as the lifts had to be shutdown. Some peak wind gusts included: Hidden Peak 112 mph (97 kts), Mt. Baldy at Alta 107 mph (93 kts), and Mt. Ogden 82 mph (71 kts).
2 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, December 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: 5624047, 5624048.