High Wind — Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

2017-06-12 · Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

Event narrative

Peak recorded wind gusts included 77 mph at the SR-201 at I-80 sensor, 74 mph at the Great Salt Lake Marina, 71 mph at the Center Tailings sensor, 67 mph at Vernon Hill, 62 mph at Stockton Bar, and 60 mph at both the UDOT I-80 @ mp 78 sensor and the Salt Lake City International Airport SLC Airport Wind 3 sensor. In addition, a secondary weather sensor at the Great Salt Lake Marina recorded a gust of 90 mph. The most significant damage across the area occurred at the Great Salt Lake Marina, where several sailboats were damaged by the winds. In addition, tree limbs were damaged across the Salt Lake Valley, including a large branch that fell onto and damaged a home in Holladay. As many as 8,500 Rocky Mountain Power customers were without power at one point on June 12, with the majority of outages occurring in Rose Park, Glendale, and South Salt Lake.

Wider weather episode

A strong winter-like storm brought damaging winds to northern and central Utah on June 11 and 12, with the strongest winds in many locations occurring on the morning of June 12 as the cold front passed through the state.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 710522. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.