Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- February 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
Heavy Snow in Utah, February 12, 1997
A fast-moving cold front swept through the state on this date. Criteria snowfall occurred in a few mountain locations.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
A fast-moving cold front swept through the state on this date. Criteria snowfall occurred in a few mountain locations. The Alta ski resort received the most snow with 15". Most valley locations received 1-3". Several minor traffic accidents were reported.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central and Southwest Mountains
- When
- February 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central and Southwest Mountains 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
- High Surf in Washington, February 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, February 12 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 12, 1997
More
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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: 5602221, 5602222.