Heavy Snow in Utah, November 14 to 15, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, November 14 to 15, 1997
Start: 1997-11-14T19:00
End: 1997-11-15T05:00
Location: Utah

November 14 to 15, 1997 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A storm system moved through Arizona with heavy snow falling in the southwest mountains. The Brian Head Ski Resort received 5".

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.

A storm system moved through Arizona with heavy snow falling in the southwest mountains. The Brian Head Ski Resort received 5". Cedar City in the southwest valleys had 1".

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, 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: November 14, 7:00 PM MST to November 15, 5:00 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

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

Every storm in Utah in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, November 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: 5623429.