1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 29, 7:30 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 830 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2003 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL START TO WEAKEN ON FRIDAY THEN BREAK DOWN ON SATURDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHERN UTAH. THE COLD FRONT WILL DRY OUT THE NORTH SATURDAY WITH DRYING SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ON SUNDAY. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES THIS EVENING...BUT ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT ACTIVITY IS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE. EXPECT MOST EVERYTHING TO BE GONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND A LITTLE LONGER. APPEARS THAT THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE PUSHED FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY MORNING. AFTERNOON ZONES LOOK OK...NO UPDATES NEEDED. SLC 2330 CDC 2111 TORONTO .SLC...NONE.
IDZ024-025-UTZ001>021-WYZ021-301300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 700 AM MDT THU MAY 29 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... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WCJIN-WYSW
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong microburst winds gusting to 63 mph (55 kts) move through the Wendover area.
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, May 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: 5379926.