Utah, 2001

Damaging Wind in Utah, July 14, 2001

July 14, 2001 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jul 14, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
307 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001

SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE OVER MOST OF UTAH
TODAY...WITH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR OVER THE FAR WEST. THE DRIER AIR
WILL SPREAD EAST ON SUNDAY BUT SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE OVER FOUR CORNER WITH ANOTHER OVER
CALIFORNIA. MESOETA GRIDS SHOW A JET STREAK OVER NORTHWEST UTAH AND
ANOTHER JET EXIT REGION OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH. CELLS MOVING ALONG AT
15-20 KNOTS BUT REPEATED DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SAME AREA CAUSING
LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATION. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE
FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH THIS JET SUPPORT.

FOR SUNDAY WEDGE OF DRIER AIR MOVES INTO WESTERN UTAH WITH BREEZY
CONDITIONS AS WHATS LEFT OF CALIFORNIA SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO EASTERN
IDAHO. SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES ALONG THE IDAHO BORDER AND
OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO LOW END SCATTERED ACTIVITY MONDAY FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AND POINTS EAST WHILE THE WEST DESERTS SHOULD BE DRY.

EXTENDED...A MODERATE TO STRONG AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A
TRO[UGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE MAY SEE A COOL FRONT EDGE IN
BY ABOUT THURSDAY. DEEP SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF
OUR AREA.

SLC 6211 CDC 421-  GIBSON

.SLC...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Box Elder

When
July 14, 5:00 PM MST to 5:05 PM MST
Where
Box Elder County, Lakeside
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
41.217, -112.883

A severe thunderstorm at Lakeside produced a wind gust of 58mph (50kts).

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5275526.