Utah, 2001Flash Flood in Utah, August 13 to 14, 2001
August 13 to 14, 2001 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 7:55 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:55 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
855 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001
SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN UTAH WILL EXIT THE STATE BY
EARLY TUESDAY. A DRIER WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL FOLLOW
FOR MIDWEEK.
DISCUSSION...UPDATED EARLIER TO CANCEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXITING EAST OF THE CWA. AIRMASS UNSTABLE
WITHIN TROUGH AXIS OVER EASTERN NEVADA. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD HOLD
TOGETHER A FEW MORE HOURS THEN WIND DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. TROUGH
PASSES MIDDAY TUESDAY WITH DRIER MORE STABLE AIRMASS FOLLOWING FOR THE
BALANCE OF THE WEEK.
SLC 31-0 CDC 4100 GIBSON
.SLC...NONE.
Flash Flood, Iron
- When
- August 13, 11:25 PM MST to August 14, 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- Iron County, Enoch
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.859, -113.289 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain in Enoch produced minor flash flooding.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, August 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Indiana, August 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 13, 2001$450,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in New York, August 13, 20011 injured · $200,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 13, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 2001$41,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 13, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 20013 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, August 13, 20013 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 13 to 14, 20013 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 2001$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5275343.