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High Wind in Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

High Wind April 16, 2018 · Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, Utah

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

$50K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Maximum recorded wind gusts included 73 mph at SR-201 at I-80, 65 mph at Baccus, 63 mph at Flight Park South, and numerous other reported gusts in the 50-62 mph range. The gusts blew down multiple trees and one fell on a house in Murray. Trampolines became airborne and landed in yards, over fences, and on the roof of a home in one case. More than 7,500 power outages were reported.

The wider storm

Very strong winds developed across much of Utah on April 16 ahead of a cold front, with wind damage reported in parts of the Wasatch Front.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 748344. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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