High Wind, Utah'S Dixie and Zion National Park
- When
- November 27, 2:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Utah'S Dixie and Zion National Park forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in Utah, November 27, 1996
A tight north-south pressure gradient developed in southwest Utah on this morning. This created local high winds through the canyons of Washington county.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
A tight north-south pressure gradient developed in southwest Utah on this morning. This created local high winds through the canyons of Washington county. There were numerous spotter reports of sustained winds 40-50 mph with gusts over 60 mph. Aside from minor tree damage and a few screen doors being blown off their hinges, no significant damage was reported.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582825.