Utah, 1998

High Wind in Utah, December 16, 1998

December 16, 1998 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Sc Washington

When
December 16, 3:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
Where
Sc Washington forecast zone
Property damage
$500
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

Strong high pressure over the Great Basin produced strong northerly winds once again over Washington County. Pintura again seemed to be the windiest area, with a weather spotter reporting a wind gust to 70 mph, which blew out a window in his home.

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: 5675999.