Another round of thunderstorms toward the end of July caused flash flooding in a few different areas and produced some strong gusty winds.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
Another round of thunderstorms toward the end of July caused flash flooding in a few different areas and produced some strong gusty winds.
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 26, 8:40 AM MST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 940 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS UTAH THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN UTAH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. THIS DISTURBANCE HAS HELPED TO DEVELOP AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA. UPDATED THE ZFP THIS MORNING TO ADJUST POPS UPWARD THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH AND TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN UTAH. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO THIN OUT LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BY THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING OF THE DAY...THIS DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY BE NEARING THE UINTA BASIN. GIVEN THIS TRACK...AM A BIT CONCERNED CONVECTION WILL BE SUPPRESSED DUE TO SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. WILL MONITOR TRENDS AND ADJUST THE FORECAST AS NECESSARY. THE 12Z SLC SOUNDING INDICATED A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 0.77 INCHES. WITH TEMPERATURES NEARING 100F ACROSS THE VALLEY LOCATIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO ALLOW FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO COUNTERACT THE SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL UTAH. IN ADDITION...WITH DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH...EXPECT SOME LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SLOT CANYONS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. && .AVIATION...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME GUSTY THIS MORNING AT THE SLC TERMINAL. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 19-21Z THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A 10 PERCENT CHANCE THE SHIFT WILL BE AS LATE AS 22Z. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACT THE TERMINAL WILL LIKELY HAVE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT TODAY WHILE DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST. ANY STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WETTING RAINS BUT THE NORTH LACKS THE DEEP MOISTURE TO PRODUCE MUCH WETTING RAIN ALTHOUGH ENOUGH HAS SPREAD UP TO SET OFF ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING COULD BE A CONCERN ALONG WITH MICROBURST WINDS OVER THE WEST DESERTS AND ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. THIS GENERAL PATTERN WILL PERSIST SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY MONDAY. THE AIRMASS WILL THEN DRY FROM THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE DISTRICT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. && PUBLIC/AVIATION...KRUSE FIRE WEATHER...WILENSKY 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 400 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-271200- 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- 400 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOISTURE HAS SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST UTAH TODAY AND A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH. THIS WILL INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. STORMS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND AN ELEVATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MOISTURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION AND ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT ACROSS UTAH ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL LINGER ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN DECREASE ON WEDNESDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. .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)
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A flash flood occurred at Alvey Wash near Escalante due to heavy rain.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding of streets and low lying areas in the town of Circleville, as well as flooding of several houses.
The White Sage sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 65 mph. The Interstate 80 sensor also recorded a wind gust of 62 mph.
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: 128150, 128149, 128148.