High Wind, Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains/Wendover/Snowville
- When
- March 17, 7:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains/Wendover/Snowville forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
High Wind in Utah, March 17, 1996
A very strong jet stream over Utah surfaced during the early morning hours this Sunday. Winds of 60 mph (52 kts) damaged several roofs and uprooted trees in the Ferron area.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 very strong jet stream over Utah surfaced during the early morning hours this Sunday. Winds of 60 mph (52 kts) damaged several roofs and uprooted trees in the Ferron area. West winds of 60 mph also surfaced in Wendover. The Utah Highway Patrol reported marble-sized rocks being lifted by the wind causing minor damage.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful
- When
- March 17, 8:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 17 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, March 17, 1996
More
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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: 5536192, 5536193.