High Wind, Nw Cache
- When
- April 11, 11:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Nw Cache forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Crop damage
- $200
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind in Utah, April 11, 1998
A cold front caused high winds to occur in Lewiston 59 mph (51kts) and Wendover 60 mph (52kts). Wind gusts were in the 40-50 mph range elsewhere in the state.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $200
- 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 cold front caused high winds to occur in Lewiston 59 mph (51kts) and Wendover 60 mph (52kts). Wind gusts were in the 40-50 mph range elsewhere in the state.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah
- When
- April 11, 11:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- C W Box Elder/C W Xe Toole/X W Salt Lake/X Nw Utah forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
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
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: 5665410, 5665411.