15 year old male camper was killed by a lightning strike. Lightning struck the Adirondack-style shelter they were camping in.
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15 year old male camper was killed by a lightning strike. Lightning struck the Adirondack-style shelter they were camping in.
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 Aug 2, 9:50 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1050 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER UTAH WILL REMAIN OVER UTAH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A DRIER AIR WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE REGION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...STRONG CONVECTION THIS EVENING HAS RUN THE GAMBIT FROM HEAVY RAIN TO HAIL TO STRONG WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL LINGER OVER NW AND EXTREME SW UTAH LATE THIS EVENING. UP NORTH THE SHORTWAVE LIFTING E-NE THROUGH NE NV AT TIME WITH THE ENTRANCE REGION TO THE UPPER JET OVER NRN UT SHOULD KEEP SOME CONVECTION GOING OVER FAR NRN UT/SW WY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. DOWN SOUTH A WEAK SHORTWAVE LIFTING NE FROM SRN NV WILL KEEP SOME CONVECTION GOING... BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG CONVECTION NOT EXPECTED. EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE DRYING OVER THE FAR NW ZONES...THE AMBIENT AIRMASS OVER UTAH REMAINS QUITE MOIST FOR WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN COOLED BOUNDARY LAYER MAY SLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION...BUT PUT ENOUGH SUN THIS AIRMASS AND THINGS SHOULD FIRE UP AGAIN FOR AT LEAST SRN UT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. DECREASING TREND IN PRECIP AFTER WEDNESDAY LOOKS GOOD. NO UPDATE THIS EVENING. && .AVIATION...NONE. SEE SLCTAFSLC. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. && CONGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 700 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2005 UTZ001>021-WYZ021-031300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 700 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH MIDWEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL MOVE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF UTAH LATE IN THE WEEK. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF UTAH WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
604 PM MDT TUE AUG 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 N ST. GEORGE 37.23N 113.59W
08/02/2005 WASHINGTON UT MESONET
BAER RAWS 1.88 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR FROM 440 TO 540
PM
0555 PM FLASH FLOOD 12 N ST. GEORGE 37.25N 113.58W
08/02/2005 WASHINGTON UT EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN SNOW CANYON. REPORTS OF HOMES
DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS. ROADS COVERED AND DAMAGED.
&&
BASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
759 PM MDT TUE AUG 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL BOUNTIFUL 40.88N 111.86W
08/02/2005 1.00 INCH DAVIS UT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CONGERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
939 PM MDT TUE AUG 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM TSTM WND DMG WEST POINT 41.12N 112.10W
08/02/2005 DAVIS UT LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION BLOWN DOWN
0854 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W SYRACUSE 41.10N 112.10W
08/02/2005 57 MPH DAVIS UT MESONET
&&
CONGERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1014 PM MDT TUE AUG 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM FLASH FLOOD SOUTH OGDEN 41.17N 111.96W
08/02/2005 WEBER UT TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING. A FEW HOMES WITH WATER IN THE BASEMENTS.
ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.
&&
CONGERThe Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Boy scout killed by lightning strike
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Duchesne | 2005-08-04 | 15 | Male | Camping | Direct |
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