Heavy Snow, Central and Southwest Mountains
- When
- February 23, 11:00 AM MST to February 24, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Central and Southwest Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Utah, February 23 to 24, 1997
Heavy snow developed in the southern Utah mountains as an upper-level low pressure system moved through. The Brian Head ski resort measured 11" of snow.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Heavy snow developed in the southern Utah mountains as an upper-level low pressure system moved through. The Brian Head ski resort measured 11" of snow. No damage or injuries were reported due to the snowfall.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 23 to 24, 1997
- High Wind in California, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 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: 5602231.