High Wind, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM MST to March 6, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
Strong northwest winds blew behind a cold front that moved through Southern Utah. The maximum reported wind gust was measured at the St.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Strong northwest winds blew behind a cold front that moved through Southern Utah. The maximum reported wind gust was measured at the St. George airport at 58 mph (50 kts). A 200 foot storage shed was blown apart in St. George, several power poles were downed, and other minor damage occurred.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Unita Mountains
- When
- March 5, 9:00 PM MST to March 6, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Western Unita Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 6, 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: 5536190, 5536191.