High Wind, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab
- When
- February 3, 8:00 PM MST to February 4, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
High Wind in Utah, February 3 to 4, 1998
High easterly canyon winds occurred on this night. The winds downed trees, power lines and damaged roofs.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- 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.
High easterly canyon winds occurred on this night. The winds downed trees, power lines and damaged roofs. Springville had a measured wind gust to 71 mph (62kts), Provo (BYU) had a measured gust to 69 mph (60kts) and Cedar City 59 mph (51kts).
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe
- When
- February 3, 8:00 PM MST to February 4, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Beaver T X E/Iron T Xs Xe forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
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
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, February 1998
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: 5664924, 5664925.