Utah, 2001Flash Flood in Utah, July 13, 2001
July 13, 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
- $40,000
- 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 Jul 13, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1000 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001
SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE OVER UTAH TODAY AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
DISCUSSION...HAVE UPDATED THE ENTIRE ZONE PACKAGE TO ADD CONVECTION
TO THE ZONES THAT DIDNT HAVE IT FOR TODAY...TO BEEF UP THOSE AREA
THAT HAD SOME MENTION. ALSO ADDED THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE
SOUTHEAST ZONES. GOES PRECIPITABLE WATER DATA SHOWS ABUNDANT
MOISTURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASING
TREND. THE ETA INSISTS THIS INCREASING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH THE MOISTURE EVEN SPREADING BACK INTO EASTERN NV.
THIS ISNT TOO HARD TO BELIEVE WITH THE BIG WAVE OVER BAJA MOVING
NORTH BUT IT WILL BE A BATTLE BETWEEN THE TROPICAL PLUME AND THE
INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN AS A TROF
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST.
BELIEVE THERE IS EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE WEAK SHORTWAVES THAT SHOULD
IMPACT OUR AREA TODAY. PROBABLY TWO OF THESE WORKING NORTH THROUGH
THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. ONE IS BETWEEN MLF AND U24 WHERE
THERE IS ALREADY RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS. THE OTHER
IS LESS OBVIOUS AND ONLY HINTED AT IN VISIBLE IMAGERY. IT LOOKS
LIKE AN EXTENSION FROM THE WAVE THAT IS IN NORTHWEST NV THAT EXTENDS
TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF UT AT 1530Z. FOR THE EASTERN AREAS THERE
IS A WAVE IN EAST CENTRAL AZ THAT PRODUCED STRONG CONVECTION SOUTH
OF TUS LAST EVENING. IT IS PROBABLY WHAT IS ALREADY PRODUCING
LIGHTNING SOUTH OF PGA THIS MORNING. IS DOESNT LOOK LIKE ITS GOING
TO HAVE MUCH TROUBLE PRODUCING CONVECTION IN SPITE OF THE EXTENSIVE
CLOUD SHIELD (OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH.
SO MUCH FOR THE DRYING TREND IN THE SHORT TERM.
SLC 331 CDC 331 SANDERS
.SLC...NONE.
Flash Flood, Piute
- When
- July 13, 1:00 PM MST to 1:50 PM MST
- Where
- Piute County, Marysvale
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.336, -112.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding occurred in Marysville, as Rainbow Creek overflowed flooding about 20 homes. Several people had to be evacuated.
- 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 Arkansas, July 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 13, 2001$600,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 13, 20011 injured · $85,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 13, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 13, 20012.75 in hail · 31 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 13, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 13, 20013 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 13, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 200161 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 13, 20011.5 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 13, 2001$10,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 13, 20012 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: 5275524.