High Wind, Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind in Utah, March 28 to 29, 1996
The previously mentioned cold frontal system also kicked-up strong southerly winds statewide. Generally peak wind gusts were in the 43-59 mph range.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 previously mentioned cold frontal system also kicked-up strong southerly winds statewide. Generally peak wind gusts were in the 43-59 mph range. Both the St. George Airport and the Eagle Range on the Dugway Proving Grounds measured 59 mph (51 kts) wind gusts for 'tops' in the state. Only minor damage was reported with this storm.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salt Lake and Toole Valleys
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake and Toole Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind, Wasatch Mountain Valleys/Huntsville/Park City/Heber
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountain Valleys/Huntsville/Park City/Heber forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind, Wasatch Mountains I80 North
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains I80 North forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind, Western Unita Mountains
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Western Unita Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind, Castle Country/Price/Castle/Dale/Emery
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Castle Country/Price/Castle/Dale/Emery forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
High Wind, San Rafael Swell/Greene River/Hanksville
- When
- March 28, 4:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- San Rafael Swell/Greene River/Hanksville forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
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
- Ice Storm in Virginia, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Ice Storm in Virginia, March 28, 1996
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Ice Storm in Maryland, March 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 28 to 29, 1996
- Hail in Florida, March 28, 1996
- Hail in Florida, March 28, 1996
- Hail in Florida, March 28, 1996
- Hail in Florida, March 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, March 1996
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: 5549576, 5549577, 5549578, 5549579, 5549734, 5549735, 5549736, 5549737.