A spring storm system brought thunderstorms to much of the state. and snow fell across the higher elevations of the Wasatch.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A spring storm system brought thunderstorms to much of the state. Isolated severe weather was reported in southwest Utah...and snow fell across the higher elevations of the Wasatch.
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 Apr 22, 8:15 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 915 PM MDT SUN APR 22 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RETURN MIDWEEK... AND REMAIN DOMINATE ON THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...MEAN UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS EVENING...ANCHORED AROUND UPPER LOW SPINNING NEAR KRNO. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN UT ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. MEANWHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH PVA...SURFACE-700MB TROUGH SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST UT. STRONGER CONVECTION DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN NV EARLIER...AND ALTHOUGH OVERCAST SKIES ACROSS SOUTHERN UT THIS AFTERNOON GREATLY LIMITED SURFACE HEATING AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY...MID LEVEL COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH 500MB COLD POOL MAY ALLOW FOR WEAK INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. HAVE UPDATED TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING AND RAISE POPS ACROSS SOUTHWEST UT. MEAN TROUGH GRADUALLY MEANDERS ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIVES SOUTH THROUGH AZ. EXPECT TO SEE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL COLD POOL/500MB TROUGH AXIS. UPPER LOW FINALLY BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION LATE MONDAY...WITH PRECIP THREAT WINDING DOWN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS APPEAR TO BE TRENDING WEAKER WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY DURING LATE WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY TIMEFRAME...FAVORING A STRONGER MEAN RIDGE POSITION ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. THIS MEAN RIDGE POSITION EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...CEILINGS VARIABLE THROUGH THE EVENING PUSH AT SLC...BUT REMAINING PRIMARILY ABOVE 6000FT. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A SHOWER IMPACTING THE FIELD...WHICH WILL DROP CEILINGS INTO THE 3000 TO 5000 FOOT RANGE. WINDS WILL PRIMARILY BE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY DECREASING. HOWEVER SHOWERS IMPACTING THE FIELD MAY RESULT IN ERRATIC DIRECTIONS AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH. WINDS SOUTHERLY OTHERWISE. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY FOR UTZ017. WY...NONE. && SEAMAN/B SMITH FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 614 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2007 UTZ001>021-WYZ021-231300- 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- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 614 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER UTAH AND SURROUNDING AREAS TODAY. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING ABOVE ABOUT 8000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY THEN WILL SHIFT EAST. SHOWERS...WITH SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET WILL BE WIDESPREAD MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:53 UTC.
1 winter weather, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Souther Wasatch Mountains receive nearly a foot of new snow.|Alta - 11 inches|Alta UDOT reported 8 inches, and Brighton Ski Area received 5.
St. George airport AWOS recorded a 53 mile per hour wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 2007
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: 27435, 27438.