A strong cold front swept into northwest Utah and caused high winds to occur on the west deserts. Wendover had a measured wind gust to 62 mph (54kts) and the Stockton Bar mesonet site had a gust to 60 mph (52kts).
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.
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A strong cold front swept into northwest Utah and caused high winds to occur on the west deserts. Wendover had a measured wind gust to 62 mph (54kts) and the Stockton Bar mesonet site had a gust to 60 mph (52kts).
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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