High Wind in Utah, November 29, 2000

Name: High Wind in Utah, November 29, 2000
Start: 2000-11-29T11:00
End: 2000-11-29T21:00
Location: Utah

November 29, 2000 · 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: $5,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E

When: November 29, 11:00 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
Measured: 77 kt (89 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A fast moving cold front produced 89 mph (77 kts) winds ahead of it on Hidden Peak near Snowbird. The front also brought 55 mph (48 kts) gusts with its passage at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Those winds managed to flip over a small plane, causing some light damage.

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

Every storm in Utah in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, November 2000

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: 5178164.