Utah, 1998

Avalanche in Utah, March 14, 1998

March 14, 1998 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Little Cottonwood Canyon had 6 avalanches. Vehicles were swept from the road causing injuries to 5 people.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Property damage
$50,000
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.

Little Cottonwood Canyon had 6 avalanches. Vehicles were swept from the road causing injuries to 5 people.

Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete

When
March 14, 1:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
Where
W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
Injuries
5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

What these are

Avalanche
A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5666694.