Utah, 2005

Tornado and Flash Flood in Utah, June 23, 2005

June 23, 2005 · NWS SLC · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Jun 23, 8:30 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 8:30 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
930 AM MDT THU JUN 23 2005

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES AND A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST WILL KEEP A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. RELATIVELY COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE
GREAT BASIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...QUIET MORNING ACROSS CWA BUT WITH POTENTIAL FOR AN
ACTIVE AFTERNOON. CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE IN PLACE OVER HIGH PLAINS
AND UNSEASONABLY DEEP CUTOFF OFF CA COAST WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY
FLOW OVER UTAH. MAIN MOISTURE PLUME HAS SHIFTED EAST. SERIES OF
EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE UP ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
UTAH/WESTERN CO TODAY. EXPECT SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON OVER FAR
EASTERN ZONES WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THEN DECREASING AFTER SUNSET.

INNOCUOUS SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN NV MAY BE OF INTEREST THIS
AFTERNOON. BROAD WEAK BOUNDARY EVIDENT IN SURFACE DATA ACROSS NW
UTAH. DUGWAY MESONET SITES ALL SOUTHERLY...WITH GENERAL NW FLOW
ACROSS SOUTHERN ID. NAM TAKES THIS SHORTWAVE ACROSS NORTHWEST
DESERTS THIS EVENING...SO MAY BE LOOKING AT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
DURING MAX HEATING TODAY. NOT A WIDESPREAD EVENT...BUT WILL UPDATE
TO BUMP UP POPS A TAD IN NW DESERT ZONES.

SIMILAR DAY TOMORROW...ALTHOUGH THIS MORNINGS RUN SEEM TO SHUNT THE
SUMMER ANTICYCLONE A BIT TO THE WEST...SO MOISTURE AND HENCE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CLOSER TO THE 1-15 CORRIDOR AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

PACIFIC CUTOFF PROGGED TO OPEN UP AND MOVE INLAND EARLY SUNDAY..AND
PASS ACROSS CWA BY LATE IN THE DAY....SO WILL LIKELY INTRODUCE
LOW-END POPS WITH TODAYS PACKAGE.

COOLER AIR FOLLOWS LOW PASSAGE. MEAN TROUGH OVER PAC NW WILL BRUSH
NORTHERN ZONES WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES THRU MIDWEST.

&&

.HYDRO...LITTLE COTTONWOOD CREEK IS PROJECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
BANKFULL...BUT WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED PENDING LOCATION OF
AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND AMOUNT OF SNOWMELT THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.AVIATION...DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE LAKEBREEZE WILL CROSS SLC
TODAY. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT LIKES TO PARK ITSELF NEAR THE NORTH END OF
THE AIRFIELD. ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAY RESULT IN WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.

SMITH

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Duchesne

When
June 23, 1:18 PM MST to 1:38 PM MST
Where
Duchesne County, 8 mi W of Duchesne
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
0.1 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.167, -110.550

Law Enforcement reported a brief touchdown along HWY 40 near Duchesne. See Photo

Flash Flood, Duchesne

When
June 23, 2:31 PM MST to 6:31 PM MST
Where
Duchesne County, 2 mi W of Duchesne
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.167, -110.433

Water rose quickly and flowed over US-40 near Duchesne.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5462252, 5462253.