A few thunderstorms with severe gusty winds were observed on July 19th and 20th.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A few thunderstorms with severe gusty winds were observed on July 19th and 20th.
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 19, 2:41 PM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 341 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE UTAH ARIZONA BORDER MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY...AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL RIDGE CONSOLIDATING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH IS ALLOWING MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS AZ TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH BASED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN UTAH...AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. DEEPER MOISTURE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR AN ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UT. MOISTURE TO RESIDE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...AND LIKELY INTO TUESDAY AS WELL. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT FOR PREDOMINANTLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GFS LIFTS A WAVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BY MIDWEEK...WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR A DRYING TREND FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT KSLC THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS SWITCHING BACK TO THE SOUTH AROUND 04Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE DISTRICT THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH. MOISTURE WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE AREA AGAIN BEGINNING SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS MOST OF THE DISTRICT BY THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. WET THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN UTAH DURING THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS COULD INITIALLY BE DRY OVER NORTHERN UTAH ON SUNDAY BECOMING WET BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. && SEAMAN/YOUNG 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 629 AM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008 UTZ010-012>016-019>021-517-518-201230- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-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- 629 AM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH... SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRIER AIR WILL GRADUALLY GET DISPLACED LATE TODAY AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH BRINGING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWARD SUNDAY BRINGING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. SOME SUBTLE DRYING MAY OCCUR BY MIDWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... UTZ001>009-011-WYZ021-201230- 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-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 629 AM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN UTAH TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UINTA MOUNTAINS AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAU. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE SUNDAY OR EVENING PRODUCING MAINLY ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER DEEPER MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Milford ASOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph due to a nearby thunderstorm.
The media relayed a report of a sensor measuring a maximum wind gust of 65 mph due to a thunderstorm passing over the town of Hinckley.
A microburst caused damage in several towns in Duchesne County. The damage included 8 downed power poles, mostly by trees falling on the lines, a shed that blew over in Myton, a few homes and businesses that lost roofing material, 10 trees on the south side of Highway 40 that blew down and closed the highway for a couple hours, and a couple of fences that were knocked down.
The Durand Road sensor in the Dugway mesonet recorded a maximum wind gust of 61 mph from a passing thunderstorm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 2008
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: 127343, 127345, 128147, 127354.