Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains I80 North
- When
- January 2, 6:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains I80 North forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
Heavy Snow in Utah, January 2 to 3, 1997
The subtropical moisture in a southwesterly flow led to heavy snow in Utah's northern mountains. Generally 10-20 inches of snow fell during this time.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The subtropical moisture in a southwesterly flow led to heavy snow in Utah's northern mountains. Generally 10-20 inches of snow fell during this time. The Alta ski resort measured the most with 20 inches. A rock slide closed Ogden canyon for awhile on the morning of the 3rd. No other significant damage was reported.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- January 2, 6:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Western Unita Mountains
- When
- January 2, 6:00 PM MST to January 3, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Unita 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
- Flash Flood in California, January 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 2, 1997
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in California, January 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in California, January 2, 1997
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Washington, January 2, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 2, 1997
- Flood in Montana, January 2, 1997
- Heat in Alabama, January 2, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, January 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 2 to 3, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 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: 5599737, 5599738, 5599739.