Utah, 2002High Wind in Utah, March 13, 2002
March 13, 2002 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- 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 Mar 13, 2:46 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:46 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
246 PM MST WED MAR 13 2002
.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL UTAH WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST
INTO COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. A MOIST COLD AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS
WILL FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE FOR THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF UTAH.
.DISCUSSION...SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA IS BACKING
THE FLOW ACROSS WESTERN UTAH WITH COOLING TOPS SHOWING UP NICELY ON
SATELLITE. HAVE GONE WITH SNOW ADVISORIES OVER SOUTHWEST VALLEYS AND
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AS COLD FRONT UNDERCUTTING MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. LOOKS LIKE CSI BANDING STRUCTURE ON CEDAR CITY RADAR. AM
CONCERNED THAT SOME AREAS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA LEVELS BUT IN
GENERAL ADVISORY SHOULD SURFICE. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS MOIST
SOUTHWEST FLOW AND DECENT 500MB AND 300 MB DYNAMICS SHOULD COMBINE TO
TO KEEP HEAVY SNOW GOING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80.
HAVE EXTENDED HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTH OF I-80 NOT
AS FAVORABLE SO HAVE DROPPED WARNING THERE.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND COLDEST 500 MB TEMPS MOVE ACROSS UTAH
THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BOTH
VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THERE ALSO IS A HINT OF LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY SOUTHEAST OF THE GREAT SALT
LAKE. WILL GIVE THIS AREA HIGHER POPS.
UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER NEVADA FRIDAY ALLOWING FOR SUBSIDENCE TO
FORM OVER UTAH THIS SHOULD STABILIZE MOST OF STATE. HOWEVER...BY
LATE IN THE DAY AVN IS SHOWING 500 MB OMEGA AND 500-300 DIV
INCREASING WHICH COULD GET SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP.
THEREFORE WILL KEEP CURRENT POPS...MAINLY FOR AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY NIGHT THERE IS A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING BUT THE
ATMOSPHERE IS STILL RATHER COLD. WARM ADVECTION PRECIP LIKELY IN
AREAS FAVORED BY SOUTHWEST FLOW. BY SATURDAY AN EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE
ROTATES NORTHEAST ACROSS UTAH AND THIS SHOULD EXTRA LIFT FOR LIKELY
POPS IN MOST NORTHERN ZONES AND CHANCE IN SOUTHERN ZONES.
NEW AVN IS FARTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUS MRF ON POSITION OF LOW SO
WILL BACK OFF ON LIKELY POP FORECASTS TO CHANCE FOR SUNDAY. BEYOND
SUNDAY THE OVERALL PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST COLD AND UNSETTLED RIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY ONE OF THESE DAYS COULD BE JUST PARTLY CLOUDY
OR COULD BE RATHER UNSETTLED. WILL PLAY MOST FORECASTS AS CHANCE AS
THIS TIME.
SLC 751 CDC 931 STRUTHWOLF
.SLC...SNOW ADVISORY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TONIGHT...UTZ006
SNOW ADVISORY SOUTHWEST VALLEYS TONIGHT...UTZ014>016
SNOW ADVISORY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...UTZ017-
018
HEAVY SNOW WARNING PORTION OF NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...
UTZ008>010In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:10 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR NORTHERN UTAH....UPDATED
1010 AM MST WED MAR 13 2002
OVERVIEW:...UPDATED
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS WILL FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A
HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF I-80
TODAY FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES.
SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS FOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES... SALT LAKE CITY FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES
ON GRASSY SURFACES AND 5 INCHES ON THE BENCH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
...OGDEN CANYON/WEBER CANYON/TRAPPERS LOOP...UPDATED...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY...OCCASIONAL SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS BY
EVENING RANGING FROM AN INCH OR TWO AT THE CANYON BASE TO 3 TO 5
INCHES AT THE SUMMIT.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
WEBER CANYON PARK AND RIDE 41 39 34
MOUNTAIN GREEN PARK AND RIDE 36 34 28
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
WEBER CANYON PARK AND RIDE 27
MOUNTAIN GREEN PARK AND RIDE 20
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...I-80/MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON/PARLEYS SUMMIT/KIMBALL
JUNCTION...UPDATED...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY...OCCASIONAL SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS BY EVENING
RANGING FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES AT THE MOUTH OF THE CANYON WITH UP
TO 8 INCHES AT THE SUMMIT.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON 40 39 35
PARLEYS SUMMIT 32 33 27
KIMBALL JUNCTION 33 35 29
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON 29
PARLEYS SUMMIT 20
KIMBALL JUNCTION 19
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...PROVO CANYON TO HEBER...UPDATED...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY...OCCASIONAL SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS BY EVENING
OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AT THE CANYON MOUTH TO 2 TO 4 INCHES
ELSEWHERE.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
MOUTH OF PROVO CANYON 36 44 37
HEBER 33 39 34
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
MOUTH OF PROVO CANYON 29
HEBER 19
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...SALT LAKE VALLEY...UPDATED...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON...OCCASIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO
3 INCHES BY EVENING ON GRASSY SURFACES WITH MUCH LESS ON ROADWAYS...
AROUND 5 INCHES ON THE BENCHES.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY 40 41 36
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 40 40 36
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY 27
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 28
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...OGDEN/I-15 IN DAVIS-WEBER COUNTIES...UPDATED...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY FOR SOUTH OF OGDEN...OCCASIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES... MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES BY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN OGDEN 42 39 36
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN OGDEN 27
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...UTAH COUNTY...UPDATED ...
TODAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
...SNOW ADVISORY ...OCCASIONAL SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES... MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES BY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN PROVO 40 44 36
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH..
COMMENTS:
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN PROVO 29
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:20 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR NORTHERN UTAH
220 PM MST WED MAR 13 2002
OVERVIEW:
A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY. A
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ALOFT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION
THURSDAY EVENING. THE CHANCES OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS FOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES.
A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS FOR
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF I-80 OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH 3
TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF I-80.
SNOW IN SALT LAKE CITY MAY BE UP TO AN INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES WITH
UP TO TWO INCHES IN PROVO AND THE BENCH.
...OGDEN CANYON/WEBER CANYON/TRAPPERS LOOP...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
WEBER CANYON PARK AND RIDE 25
MOUNTAIN GREEN PARK AND RIDE 18
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
WEBER CANYON PARK AND RIDE 27 35 38
MOUNTAIN GREEN PARK AND RIDE 20 27 32
WIND:
WEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH EXCEPT NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH TRAPPERS
LOOP.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...I-80/MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON/PARLEYS SUMMIT/KIMBALL JUNCTION...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE TO FOUR INCHES.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON 27
PARLEYS SUMMIT 20
KIMBALL JUNCTION 19
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
MOUTH OF PARLEYS CANYON 27 30 32
PARLEYS SUMMIT 21 24 24
KIMBALL JUNCTION 19 25 24
WIND:
NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...PROVO CANYON TO HEBER...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO
INCHES IS POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
MOUTH OF PROVO CANYON 29
HEBER 19
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
MOUTH OF PROVO CANYON 32 35 35
HEBER 24 29 32
WIND:
WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...SALT LAKE VALLEY...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH
IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES WITH UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ON
THE BENCH.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY 27
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 28
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY 29 35 36
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 30 35 35
WIND:
NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...OGDEN/I-15 IN DAVIS-WEBER COUNTIES...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN
INCH OR LESS AND MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN OGDEN 27
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN OGDEN 30 35 36
WIND:
NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
...UTAH COUNTY...
TONIGHT (6PM-6AM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO
INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES.
TEMPERATURES (F): OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
DOWNTOWN PROVO 29
WIND:
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY (6AM-6PM)
WEATHER:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES (F): 8AM NOON 4PM
DOWNTOWN PROVO 32 36 35
WIND:
NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
COMMENTS:
NONE
High Wind, Sc Washington
- When
- March 13, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sc Washington forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Strong southwest winds gusting to 66 mph (57 kts) near Wahweap and 60 mph (52 kts) at the St. George Airport caused some damage. The airport was closed after a wind gust caused the landing gear to collapse on a taxiing plane. There were no injuries. Other damage in the area included a blown-off roof, a blown-out window at Dixie college, and a business sign being torn off and damaging a nearby car.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, March 13, 20021 injured · $210,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 events
- High Wind in Arizona, March 13, 2002$25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 13 to 14, 200215 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 14, 200213 events
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 13 to 14, 200210 events
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 2002$10,000 · 4 events
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 20024 events
- High Wind in California, March 13, 200283 kt wind · 3 events
- High Wind in California, March 13, 20023 events
- High Wind in California, March 13, 20023 events
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 13 to 14, 20023 events
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: 5324349.