High Wind in Wasatch Mountain Valleys, Utah

High Wind March 5, 2017 · Wasatch Mountain Valleys, Utah

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Peak recorded wind gusts included 80 mph at the US-40 Mayflower Summit sensor, 69 mph at SR-248, 64 mph at the US-40 Heber sensor, 62 mph at the Heber City Municipal Airport - Russ McDonald Field AWOS, and 60 mph at Morgan.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through Utah on March 5, producing strong, and sometimes destructive, winds both ahead of and behind the front. The front also brought snowfall to the state, with the heaviest snow in northern Utah.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 688898. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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