Utah, 2001

Damaging Wind in Utah, June 1, 2001

June 1, 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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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 Jun 1, 2:05 PM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:05 PM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
230 PM MDT FRI JUN 01 2001

SYNOPSIS...A WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER UTAH TONIGHT.
THE AIR MASS WILL BE DRY IN MOST AREAS BUT WITH INCREASING MOISTURE
OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST.  A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE SATURDAY.  A STRONGER SURGE OF COOL
AIR WILL ARRIVE IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT AND PUSH THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.

DISCUSSION...MODELS REMAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL
PLAN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  SURFACE THERMAL TROF PUSHES INTO
NORTHWEST UT THIS EVENING THEN WORKS TO ABOUT MID STATE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE ALONG EHT WEST COAST PUSHES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES.  SECOND SHORTWAVE FOLLOWS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH
A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR AND PUSHES THE FRONT THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF UT.  THE MAIN QUESTIONS ARE HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE
AVAILABLE...HOW UNSTABLE IT WILL GET AND JUST HOW COLD THE SECOND
PUSH WILL BE.

EXPECT MOISTURE TO CONTINUE INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST UT THIS
EVENING BUT STILL BE A LITTLE LIMITED.  THAT SHOULD ALSO BE THE
SITUATION NEAR THE FRONT OVER CENTRAL UT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  LIFTED
INDICES JUST BARELY GET BELOW ZERO ON THE ETA RUNS AND DONT EVEN GET
THAT LOW ON THE AVN.  SO WHILE THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR SOME HIGH
BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THEY ARE LIKELY TO STRUGGLE TO REACH
SCATTERED COVERAGE AND ANY RAINFALL WILL BE VERY SPOTTY.  STRONG
WIND GUSTS MAY BE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM GIVEN THE VERY DRY LOW LEVELS.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE TOO DRY FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

ON THE COLD AIR QUESTION...THE 18Z ETA HAS MOVED TOWARD THE COLDER
AVN SOLUTION AND WITH THE SECOND SHORTWAVE MOVING RAPIDLY INTO THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA IT ISNT HARD TO BELIEVE SOME
FAIRLY COOL AIR ARRIVING.

THE COOLNESS REMAINS OVER THE AREA MONDAY THEN RETREATS RAPIDLY AS
THE RIDGE REDEVELOPS STRONGLY OVER THE AREA TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY.  THEN
IT WILL BE JUST PLAIN HOT THURSDAY/FRIDAY IF THE STRENGTH OF THE
RIDGE ON THE MRF IS ANYWHERE NEAR CORRECT.  EVEN ADJUSTING FOR THE
STRONG WARM BIAS THAT STILL EXISTS AFTER THE MAY CHANGES IN THE
AVN/MRF...IT COULD STILL BE THE WARMEST OF THE YEAR BY SEVERAL
DEGREES.

SLC 233- CDC 0---  SANDERS

.SLC...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tooele

When
June 1, 5:55 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where
Tooele County, Wendover Arpt
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.717, -114.100

Thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 60 mph (52 kts) at the Wendover Airport.

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

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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: 5275208.