An unseasonably strong Pacific storm brought wind and very heavy rain to much of the state. The heaviest rain, as much as 4 inches, fell across the mountains of northern Utah.
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.
An unseasonably strong Pacific storm brought wind and very heavy rain to much of the state. The heaviest rain, as much as 4 inches, fell across the mountains of northern Utah. Strong winds behind a cold front toppled trees and caused problems on area highways.
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 5, 2:55 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
355 PM MDT TUE JUN 5 2007
.SYNOPSIS...AN UNSEASONABLY COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE TOWARDS THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM
WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. DRIER
CONDITIONS AND MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.DISCUSSION...THE NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST TODAY AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN THIS EVENING. GUSTY
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING THROUGHOUT UTAH AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING. WINDS ARE GUSTING OVER 40 MPH IN THE SALT LAKE
VALLEY AND NEAR 50 MPH IN THE TOOELE VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH.
THESE WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES
ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. A VARIETY OF HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND
ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE STATE.
THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH.
EARLY EXAMINATION OF THE 18Z NAM CONCURS WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE
ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT NEAR 03Z...WITH PRECIPITATION OFFSET A FEW
HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION
BEGINS.
MID-LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.
OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT IS EXPECTED WITH THE PRECIPITATION. BOTH OF
THESE FACTORS IN ADDITION TO MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY...WILL
LEAD TO ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE MAINLY ABOVE 8000 FT. THEREFORE...A
SNOW ADVISORY WAS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ABOVE 8000
FT. SNOW MAY MIX IN AS FAR DOWN AS 7000 FT. IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN...A
FEW SNOW FLAKES MAY MIX IN ON THE HIGHEST BENCHES OF THE WASATCH
FRONT. SNOW AMOUNTS ABOVE 8000 FT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 3 TO 6
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FAVORABLE AREAS.
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL...AFTER A DAY OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WITH
PRECIPITATION AND CLOUD COVERAGE REMAINING ALL DAY
TOMORROW...TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOW ENOUGH TO NEAR RECORD LOW
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE 15 TO
20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY AS THE COLD POOL IS SLOW TO MOVE
AWAY FROM THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REBOUND TO NEAR
NORMAL LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE AT THE KSLC TERMINAL.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 03-05Z. THERE
IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLIER.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH
OF WESTERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING
AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT. GOING RED FLAG WARNING LOOKS IN GOOD
SHAPE. OTHERWISE FRONT EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE DISTRICT DURING
THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE DISTRICT...HOWEVER AFTERNOON RH MAY REMAIN BELOW 15
PERCENT ALONG THE AZ BORDER. THIS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
MAY ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND UPGRADED FIRE
WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES UTZ434-435-437-439>441.
...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES UTZ420-423-424-425>427-433-436-438.
...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES UTZ439>441.
...RED FLAG WARNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES UTZ439>441.
...HIGH WIND WARNING UTZ005 THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING UTZ003-015-016-019 THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT.
...SNOW ADVISORY UTZ007>009-517 ABOVE 8000 FT FROM 3 AM TONIGHT
THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY UTZ020-021 THROUGH 6AM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY UTZ002 THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WY...NONE.
&&
C.SMITH/SEAMAN/YOUNG
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
VISIT...HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 307 PM MDT TUE JUN 5 2007 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-062030- 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- 307 PM MDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT WHILE REMAINING STRONG THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. REFER TO LATEST WIND PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY IS ALSO CREATING EXTREME FIRE WEATHER DANGER. REFER TO FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING AND THEN PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER LATE TONIGHT WITH THE ONSET OF STEADY PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN UTAH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY UNSEASONABLY COLD AND WET CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING ON WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. REFER TO WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. THE UTAH AND ARIZONA BORDER WILL REMAIN WINDY AND MOSTLY DRY ON WEDNESDAY CONTINUING HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. REFER TO FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND COOL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING ON THURSDAY. DRIER WEATHER WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A WARMING TREND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TARDY FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts of 50-58 mph were reported across central and northern Tooele County. A semi truck full of babyfood toppled in the wind on Interstate 80 near Tooele.
A UDOT sensor near Bluffdale, Utah measured 52 knot winds.
A 58 knot wind gust was measured at Enterprise RAWS.
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: 36454, 36453, 37969.