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High Wind — Northern Wasatch Front, Utah

April 30, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0M
Magnitude
79 MG
Area
Northern Wasatch Front

Event narrative (NOAA)

Damage from the downslope wind storm was widespread across Davis and Weber Counties, as well as parts of Box Elder County, with the strongest observed winds occurring in Centerville and Farmington. Peak recorded wind gusts from the event included 91 mph at the US-89 at Park Lane sensor, 87 mph in Farmington, 81 mph in Centerville, 74 mph at the Brigham City Airport, 70 mph in South Ogden, and many other reports in the 55-70 mph range.||There was one wind-related fatality, when strong winds pushed a pickup truck onto the shoulder of Interstate 15, where it it had been traveling near Parrish Lane. The pickup crashed into the back of a semitruck, which had pulled over to the side of the road because of the winds. The driver of the pickup, a 61-year-old male, was transported to the hospital, w

Other notable high wind events in Utah

Salt Lake And Tooele Valleys · September 8, 20201 killedGreat Salt Lake Desert And Mountains · April 14, 20151 killedW Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab · February 14, 20001 killedNorthern Wasatch Front · December 1, 2011$82.0MNe Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis · April 22, 1999$11.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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