Utah, 2001

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

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.

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:25 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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.