1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 8, 3:25 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 425 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LOW OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WYOMING ON SUNDAY BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH. && .DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN AZ THIS AFTERNOON. MODEST DIFFERENTIAL VORTICITY ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS LOW HAS HELPED PROVIDE LARGER SCALE ASCENT CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE HAS HELD TEMPERATURES IN CHECK THERE AND GREATLY MINIMIZED THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION THAT HAS OCCURRED THROUGH THE DAY. HOWEVER...DECENT INSOLATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH ALLOWED GREATER INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS AND HAVE CORRESPONDINGLY SEEN MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION IN THESE REGIONS. GIVEN THE PRECIPITABLE WATERS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF UTAH AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WELL DEFINED CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF UTAH. EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION RATES HAVE BEEN UNIMPRESSIVE DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE AREA WILL KEEP WATCH GOING THERE AS MORE VIGOROUS DRY SLOT CONVECTION WILL LIFT NORTH THIS EVENING. HAVE ALSO EXPANDED THE WATCH TO INCLUDE THE MILFORD AND CEDAR CITY AREAS GIVEN THE ORIENTATION OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE HAS BEEN SLOW TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT WITH THE NAM HAVING A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS THUS FAR. WILL STILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS TONIGHT ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT AS CIRCULATION DRIFTS NORTH AND MODEST FORCING OVERSPREADS THE AREA OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE A BIT AMBITIOUS GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS. ON SUNDAY CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH TOWARDS SW WYOMING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE NE PORTION OF THE STATE AND EXTEND WESTWARD TO THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. GFS IS SLOWER MOVING THE MID LEVEL CIRCULATION NORTH AND KEEPS A LIGHT EASTERLY COMPONENT GOING ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT DURING MOST OF THE DAY WHICH WOULD ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PROPAGATE OFF OF THE HIGH TERRAIN AND ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT. THE NAM IS A BIT QUICKER WITH THE CIRCULATION AND WOULD LIMIT THE WESTWARD EXTENT OF THE PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT FOR SUNDAY WITH LIKELY POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANTICIPATE A PRETTY SHARP CUTOFF TO THE PRECIPITATION AS YOU GO WEST. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS BACK INTO THE GREAT BASIN. && .AVIATION...THE NORMAL NORTHWESTERLY LAKE BREEZE HAS SET UP AT THE KSLC TERMINAL AND SHOULD PREVAIL UNTIL AROUND 900 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THE SOUTHEAST DRAINAGE PATTERN RETURNS. POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SMALL BUT SHOULD THEY MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN VALLEYS...OUTFLOW COULD TEMPORARILY DISRUPT THE WIND FLOW PATTERNS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A DRIER AIRMASS WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT REMAINS OVER NORTHWESTERN UTAH THIS EVENING ALONG WITH LOCAL NORTH WINDS CREATING NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...THE AIRMASS IS QUITE MOIST AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN WITH ANY OF THE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MOISTURE SPREADS NORTHWESTWARD TONIGHT AND HUMIDITIES SHOULD SHOW DECENT RECOVERIES OVER THE NORTHWEST. FAIRLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND A CONTINUED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR SUNDAY. THE LOW MOVES OUT OF THE STATE MONDAY AND A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT THEY WILL TEND TO BE DRIER. ISOLATED DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTH. ALONG WITH THE DRYING TREND WILL COME AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS. THESE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL BRING NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOME OF THESE AREAS... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL START TO RETURN TO UTAH LATER FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THE INITIAL ROUND OF STORMS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH FRIDAY WILL PROBABLY BE DRY WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF NEW FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING. .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UTZ009-014 AND UTZ016-021 THROUGH MIDNIGHT MDT. WY...NONE. && PUBLIC...GRAHAM FIRE WEATHER...WILENSKY AVIATION...YOUNG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 411 AM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006 UTZ009>014-017>021-091015- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- HENRY MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 411 AM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN AND IN SLOT CANYONS. FLASH FLOODING IN SLOT CANYONS CAN OCCUR EVEN WHEN THE RAINFALL IS AT DISTANCE FROM THE CANYON. NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH MAY FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WASHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ001>008-015-016-WYZ021-091015- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 411 AM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
1.13" measured at Badger Springs RAWS in 90 min ending at 630pm. Radar estimates 2-3" just south of RAWS.
3ft of water rushing through Buckskin Gulch...a slot canyon off the Paria River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 2006
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: 5525013, 5525064.