Massive Fire began June 29th near Neola, Utah and quicky spread due to extremely dry fuels and favorable weather conditions. Three civilian fatalities resulted from this fire.
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 episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
Massive Fire began June 29th near Neola, Utah and quicky spread due to extremely dry fuels and favorable weather conditions. Three civilian fatalities resulted from this fire. Over 40,000 acres had burned by July 4th.
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 29, 8:50 AM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 950 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007 .SYNOPSIS...HOT AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE UPPER LOW REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF AK WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A VERY HOT AND DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH 700MB TEMPS AT OR ABOVE 14C AND PW VALUES GENERALLY AT OR BELOW .25 INCHES. AS PACIFIC NORTHWEST TROUGH GRAZED THE FORECAST AREA TODAY EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY WINDS. ASIDE FROM IMPACT ON FIRE WEATHER /SEE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW AND RED FLAG WARNINGS/ SOUTHERLY FLOW ALONG WASATCH FRONT SHOULD SUPPRESS LAKE BREEZE FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING MAX TEMPS AT KSLC TO APPROACH THE 100F MARK. OVERALL LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME COOLING AT 700MB ASSOCIATED WITH AFOREMENTIONED PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHORTWAVE WILL LIKELY KNOCK A FEW DEGREES OFF MAX TEMPS SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHERN UT...BEFORE TEMPS REBOUND SUNDAY. GULF OF AK TROUGH FORECAST TO WEAKEN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW RIDGE AXIS TO SHIFT OVERHEAD OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD RESULT THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR THUS FAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. GOING FORECAST FOR TODAY LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE...THUS NO UPDATES ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. && .AVIATION...THE WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT THE KSLC TERMINAL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 22-23Z TODAY. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT NO LAKE BREEZE WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR TODAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CONDITION WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS ZONE 420 WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS. VERY HIGH HAINES INDEX TODAY IN ADDITION TO WIND AND LOW RH ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN UTAH...WITH PLUME DOMINATED FIRES POSSIBLE. DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WIND SPEEDS A BIT LOWER SATURDAY...BUT STILL MAY REQUIRE FURTHER RED FLAG WARNINGS. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 420...423...424...434...435...437...439 AND 440. 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 603 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-301315- 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- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 603 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... NORTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN UTAH...SOUTHWEST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HOT AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BE OVER UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY WITH AREAS OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN SEVERE FIRE WEATHER FOR SOME AREAS. SEE THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST UTAH SATURDAY... BRINGING TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS FOR LATE JUNE. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE FOR ALL AREAS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEK. .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)
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
There were 3 confirmed fatalities and over a dozen structures were destroyed by massive wildfires. Fatalities occurred in a field where farmers attempting to set up sprinklers were overcome by the fire. Two fatalities occurred on scene and the third occurred later at a hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire, Western Uinta Mountains | 2007-06-29 | 63 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Wildfire, Western Uinta Mountains | 2007-06-29 | 43 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Wildfire, Western Uinta Mountains | 2007-06-29 | 75 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, June 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: 31304.