Flood, Salt Lake
- When
- September 11, 10:40 AM MST to 11:30 AM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, Sugar House
- Coordinates
- 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Flood in Utah, September 11, 1997
Severe Weather developed on this date. 1" of rain in 30 minutes caused minor flooding to occur on Parley's Creek in Sugar House Park.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Severe Weather developed on this date. 1" of rain in 30 minutes caused minor flooding to occur on Parley's Creek in Sugar House Park. Hail 1" in diameter and flash flooding occurred in the Kanab area. US-HWY 89 was closed due to flooding just east of Kanab. A spotter in Kanab measured 2.50" of rain in 1 hour and reported 4 homes were flooded. Hail 3/4" in diameter fell later in the Riverside area. Truckers on I-15 reported broken headlights due to the hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kane
- When
- September 11, 11:20 AM MST to 11:30 AM MST
- Where
- Kane County, Kanab
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -112.530
Flash Flood, Kane
- When
- September 11, 1:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kane County, 7 mi E of Kanab
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 37.285, -111.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Box Elder
- When
- September 11, 1:30 PM MST to 1:40 PM MST
- Where
- Box Elder County, Riverside
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -112.130
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in North Carolina, September 11, 1997
- Tornado and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 11, 1997
- Hurricane in Guam, September 11 to 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 11 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, September 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in New York, September 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, September 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: 5623802, 5623803, 5623804, 5623805.