High Wind — Castle Country, Utah

2025-03-18 · Castle Country, Utah

Event narrative

A period of strong post-frontal winds were observed in terrain adjacent locations in Castle Country. The Emery County EM reported that in the town of Emery 2 houses lost roofing materials, 1 house lost its roof, and in one location approximately 50 ft of vinyl fence was blown over. The EM also reported that there were overturned semi trucks on I-70 in this time period, likely due to the strong winds. The MUDDY CREEK NEAR EMERY 4N mesonet station recorded a peak gust of 57 mph at 1:15 PM MST. The FREMONT JUNCTION mesonet station recorded a peak gust of 73 mph at 11:30 PM MST, and also observed several hours of winds roughly gusting in the 60-70 mph range.

Wider weather episode

A progressive shortwave trough and a subsequent period of colder northwesterly flow brought accumulating snow and impacts to portions of Utah's mountains as well as in portions of the Salt Lake Valley. On the front side of this system, a period of strong winds were observed in several locations across western Utah, especially with and directly after frontal passage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1238241. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.