Drought conditions over eastern Utah were mostly unchanged through the month of June. A very small portion of northeast Utah improved to near normal conditions.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 GJT wrote it up.
Drought conditions over eastern Utah were mostly unchanged through the month of June. A very small portion of northeast Utah improved to near normal conditions.
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 Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 1:24 PM MST, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 224 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SKIM OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BUT LITTLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED. THUS...FEW IF ANY SHOWERS OR AFTERNOON WEAK RIDGETOP THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OVER THE SW U.S. WHICH WILL FORCE ANY PACIFIC TROUGHS THAT MOVE ONSHORE TO THE NORTH. WARMER AND DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .LONG-TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... ZONAL FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL GIVE WAY TO A FLAT RIDGE PATTERN. THIS FLAT RIDGE WILL TAKE HOLD AND START TO SLOWLY AMPLIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH THE FLOW AND OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS LIMITED. WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER ONLY SLIGHTLY AND KEEP POPS AT A MINIMUM. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE DURING THIS PERIOD AND REMAIN ABOVE NORMS. && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... HIGH FLOWS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ELK...YAMPA AND GREEN RIVERS AS SNOWMELT CONTINUES. MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE ELK RIVER IN ROUTT COUNTY. MANY RIVERS AND SMALLER STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STRONGER FLOWS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...NONE. UT...NONE. SHORT TERM.....CJC LONG TERM......AS AVIATION.......TGJT HYDROLOGY......PF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT MON MAY 31 2010 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011200- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MDT MON MAY 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH AS THE MOUNTAIN SNOW CONTINUES TO MELT. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The far southwestern portion of the area improved to near normal conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, June 2010
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: 243305.