Lightning, Daggett
- When
- June 23, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Daggett County, 8 mi SW of Dutch John
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.887, -109.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Utah, June 23, 2005
Lightning struck the Ross Springs Water Treatment Plant and destroyed the pressure transducer.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Lightning struck the Ross Springs Water Treatment Plant and destroyed the pressure transducer.
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 Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 1:14 PM MST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:14 PM MST, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
214 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO AS AN UPPER RIDGE STRETCHES FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TO WEST TEXAS. WESTERN EDGE OF A SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME
EXTENDS ACROSS ARIZONA TO THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER PER GOES SOUNDER
DATA WHILE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SOME DRIER MID LEVEL AIR
ADVECTING INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH. A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY PER THE MORNING GJT RAOB
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER NEAR AN INCH. SHEAR AND CAPE VALUES DO NOT
SUGGEST SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT DO EXPECT SOME SMALL
HAIL WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH TRAINING STORMS.
SOUTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS, THEN INCREASE ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LOW JUST OFFSHORE OF
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MOVES INLAND. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH CONVECTION INITIATING OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOONS WITH ENOUGH FLOW ALOFT TO PUSH STORMS
OVER THE VALLEYS. EXPECT SOME SUBTLE WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW TO
PLAY A ROLE IN CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME
NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PERSISTENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. AREAS OF
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH ANY WAVES BEING SOMEWHAT
OF A WILDCARD. LINDQUIST
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...A MOIST UNSTABLE
SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL WAVE SHEARS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. H7-5 DRY
SLOT PUNCHES ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BRINGING A
BRIEF BREAK TO THE THUNDERSTORMS AND PRECIP.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE 12Z/GFS AND ECMWF ARE SHOWING A
DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM ENTER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY. THE
SYSTEM IS THEN PROGGED TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS IDAHO/WYOMING AND
MONTANA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
SOLUTION HAS BEEN ADVERTISED...FEEL IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TUESDAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH 80KT 250MB SPEED MAX SLIDE ACROSS NE UTAH AND NW
COLORADO TUESDAY. H5 TROUGH PASSAGE WILL FOLLOW...CLEARING THINGS
OUT TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL QUITE A BIT IF THIS
SCENARIO PANS OUT. TOUGH CALL AT THIS POINT...BUT GIVEN THE
WEATHER PATTERN THE PAST FEW WEEKS...ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IN
THE FORECAST GRIDS...HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPS TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY AND
INTRODUCED POPS ACROSS THE NORTH TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT.
THURSDAY...UPR RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WITH DRY AND MUCH
WARMER CONDITIONS. NADLER.83
&&
.HYDROLOGY...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT OUT MUCH OF
THE REMAINING HIGH ELEVATION SNOWPACK. THE UINTA MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST UTAH HAVE THE HIGHEST REMAINING AMOUNTS LEFT TO MELT...AND
WILL KEEP THE DUCHESNE RIVER IN UINTAH COUNTY IN FLOOD CONDITION OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.CO...NONE.
.UT...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR THE DUCHESNE
RIVER NEAR RANDLETT.
&&
TAL/DJNHazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:45 AM MST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT THU JUN 23 2005 UTZ023-024-241300- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR THE DUCHESNE RIVER NEAR RANDLETT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE WATER LEVEL ON THE DUCHESNE RIVER NEAR RANDLETT...HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS CREATING LOWLAND FLOODING. THE DUCHESNE WILL REMAIN HIGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE DENFLSGJT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS. COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022-025-027>029-241300- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT THU JUN 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. NL
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 231 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 23 to 24, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 23, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 23, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 23, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 23, 2005
- Heat in Missouri, June 23 to 30, 2005
- Hail in Nebraska, June 23 to 24, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, June 23, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Utah, June 23, 2005
- Hail in Colorado, June 23, 2005
More
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Sources
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: 5458782.