Utah, 2001

Hail in Utah, July 15, 2001

July 15, 2001 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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 Jul 15, 12:54 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:54 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1050 AM MDT SUN JUL 15 2001

SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER UTAH WILL GRADUALLY
DRY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY. HOWEVER...SOME MOISTURE WILL PERSIST
OVER THE EAST AND FAR NORTHWEST ON MONDAY.

DISCUSSION...GOES SOUNDER PRECIPITABLE WATER DATA INDICATES DRAMATIC
DRYING SINCE YESTERDAY WESTERN UTAH. SURFACE DEW POINTS STILL
ELEVATED BUT SHOULD CRASH AS SOON AS LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS DISAPPEAR.
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION TODAY EXCEPT MUCH LESS
COVERAGE OVER THE WEST DESERTS. OVERALL LESS RAIN EXPECTED TODAY
WITH THE DRIER AIRMASS. FOR CELLS THAT DO FORM...ENOUGH SHEAR OVER
THE CENTRAL AND EAST FOR ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
ARIZONA BORDER.

UPDATED TO CLEAN UP MORNING WORDING FOR TODAY PERIOD. NO FURTHER
UPDATES PLANNED.

SLC 331 CDC 211  GIBSON

.SLC...NONE.

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Juab

When
July 15, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Juab County, Nephi
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.717, -111.833

A severe thunderstorm deposited 1" diameter hail in Nephi.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

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: 5275568.