1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 5, 9:40 AM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 940 AM MST FRI APR 5 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. A WEAK PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .DISCUSSION...WEAK TROF KICKING OUT THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AS FORECAST...PRODUCING A FEW HIGH CLOUDS AND VIRGA SHOWERS NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST. BRIEF BREAK IN THE CLOUDS BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MAIN TROF MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA....AND PART OF A LONG LATITUDINAL BUT SPLITTING N-S TROF MOVING ONTO THE WEST COAST THIS MORNING. SURFACE FRONT APPEARS TO BE JUST ABOUT ON THE COAST. HIGHER LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD PICK UP AS FORECAST TODAY WITH SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS THIS AFTERNOON TO OUR WEST. MAIN TROF AND ASSOCIATED WIND SHIFT FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE ENERGY SPLITTING TO OUR SOUTH AND THE REMAINDER BRUSHING THROUGH THE AREA. SHOULD SEE A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP TOMORROW BEFORE RIDGING MOVES IN FOR SUNDAY. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME WITH NO UPDATES NEEDED. SLC -13 CDC 113 JACKSON .SLC...NONE.
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Microburst winds picked the roof off a shed and blew down a large cottonwood tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 2002
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