A cluster of fast moving thunderstorms blew down 3 trees (including a 50 foot pine) in Clearfield, with 2 trees also being felled in Liberty.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A cluster of fast moving thunderstorms blew down 3 trees (including a 50 foot pine) in Clearfield, with 2 trees also being felled in Liberty.
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 25, 3:03 PM MST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
403 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2003
.SYNOPSIS...UTAH WILL BE UNDER A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE
SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TOMORROW. THE FLOW WILL BECOME NORTHERLY EARLY
NEXT WEEK WITH NORTHERN UTAH STABILIZING.
.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WITH HIGH CENTERED OVER COLORADO. THIS ALLOWING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO
MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. AIR MASS UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COUPLE VORT MAXES ARE MOVING THROUGH
NEVADA. ONE IS OVER NORTHERN NEVADA WILL MOVE INTO IDAHO AND IS
PROVIDING THE EXTRA LIFT FOR STRONGER STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN
UTAH. THIS SHOULD BE LEAVING THE AREA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER VORT MAX
MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA PROVIDING EXTRA LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THERE AND ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE STORMS OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA
WILL PROGRESS THROUGH SOUTHWEST UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HAVE ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
HIGH CENTER SLOWLY MOVES WEST TOMORROW AS THE CLOSED LOW OFF THE
COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVES OVER THE HIGH INTO CENTRAL IDAHO.
NO ORGANIZED VORT MAXES TOMORROW...SO WOULD EXPECT ONLY TERRAIN
DRIVEN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DRIFTING INTO THE VALLEYS.
HIGH CENTERS OVER NEVADA BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH SOME DRYING AND
STABILIZATION EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES AS IT COMES UNDER A
NORTHWEST FLOW. AIR MASS DRIES SLOWLY AND BECOMES STABLE OVER
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH INTO MID NEXT WEEK AS THE HIGH REMAINS
OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THE HIGH DRIFTS BACK OVER THE FORECAST AREA
THURSDAY AND WILL BRING BACK SOME MOISTURE TO THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY VALLEYS. IN THE MEANTIME...SOUTHERN UTAH
SHOULD NEVER TOTALLY RID ITSELF OF MOISTURE OR INSTABILITY FOR
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH THE HIGH CENTERING BACK OVER NEVADA AND NORTHERN UTAH NEXT
WEEK...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB BACK TO NEAR 100 FOR MOST
VALLEYS.
SLC 4331 CDC 6333 NELSON
.SLC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 PM SOUTH OF I-70 AND WEST OF
HANKSVILLE.IDZ024-025-UTZ001>021-WYZ021-261300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 310 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF UTAH...EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING .DAY ONE... TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WCJIN-WYSW
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 2003
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: 5379728, 5379729.