1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:55 PM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 255 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2001 SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS UTAH TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS OVER THE STATE WILL BEGIN TO DRY WEDNESDAY...BUT WITH ANOTHER WEAKER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE. DRYING AND WARMING WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY. DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST SOMEWHAT SLOWER THAN 12Z MODEL RUNS INDICATED. QUICK LOOK AT 18Z ETA SUGGESTS IT WONT MOVE COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR AREA UNTIL ABOUT 15Z WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME CONVECTION CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT NEAR THE CORE OF THE LOW AS IT MOVES ALONG. CONFIRMED REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING IN EXTREME SOUTHERN UT THIS AFTERNOON AND CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO COVER THE AREA FROM ABOUT HANKSVILLE SOUTH AND BOULDER MOUNTAIN AREA EAST. WILL ALSO PUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE WATCH FOR THIS EVENING. THEN THE ETA BRINGS ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE ACROSS MOST OF UT MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION AGAIN. AFTER THAT DRYING AND WARMING OVER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. LONGER RANGE MODELS INDICATING THE RETROGRESSING HIGH WILL ONLY BRIEFLY MOVE INTO AZ THEN BEGIN TO RETREAT EAST AGAIN BY THE WEEKEND. THAT ALLOWS SOME MOISTURE SEEP TO BEGIN AT HIGH LEVELS AS EARLY AS FRIDAY BUT PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FOR ANY CONVECTION UNTIL SATURDAY AND THEN MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER THE FLOW IS NOW FORECAST TO REMAIN FAVORABLE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK SO A STEADILY INCREASIN G THREAT OF DIURNAL CONVECTION IN DAYS 5-7 LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. SLC 533- CDC 322- SANDERS .SLC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTH CENTRAL UT UNTIL 03Z.
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 223 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 26-year old man was struck by lightning while golfing at a course near Fairview. A medical helicopter transported him to a hospital in Salt Lake City. The lightning bolt reportedly went in through his head and out through his hip. He was treated and later released.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, June 2001
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: 5275273.