A slow-moving storm system passed through Utah beginning April 25. The primary threat from this storm was gusty winds in the southern half of the state.
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.
A slow-moving storm system passed through Utah beginning April 25. The primary threat from this storm was gusty winds in the southern half of the state.
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 Apr 25, 10:20 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1120 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A MILD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM. THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD TRAILING SYSTEM WILL CROSS NORTHERN UTAH LATE SUNDAY. && .DISCUSSION...THE UPPER TROF IS DEEPENING ALONG THE WEST COAST THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASING S-SWLY FLOW OVER THE CWA. A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER SWRN UT AT THIS TIME IS FORECAST TO TRANSLATE INTO CENTRAL UT THIS AFTN WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE. WINDS HAVE ALREADY GUSTED UP TO 34 KTS AT MILFORD AND CEDAR CITY AND GUSTY S WINDS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SERN UT. A FEW 60 MPH GUSTS COULD OCCUR OVER SWRN UT BUT SPEEDS FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD REMAIN AT ADVISORY LEVELS AND EXISTING WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD. SCATTERED SHOWERS PERSIST ACROSS FAR NWRN UT AT THIS TIME. STEADIER RAIN EARLIER DROPPED .34 WATER AT THE SOUTH END OF THE GROUSE CREEK MTNS ALTHO MOST OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA HAD LESS THAN THAT. EXPECT THESE TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NWRN UT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVE AS ELEVATED CONVECTION DEVELOPS UNDER INCREASING LIFT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TROF. SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER SWRN UT LATE TONIGHT AS THE SRN END OF THE TROF STARTS TO SWING ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN AND RAIN BECOMES WIDESPREAD SAT MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU. EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN TO HOLD OFF ACROSS NWRN UT UNTIL AT LEAST MID MORNING SAT UNTIL THE NRN PORTION OF THE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARRIVES. SNOW IN THE MTNS SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS UNTIL SAT WHEN IT WILL LOWER TO AROUND 6000 FT. STILL DO NOT EXPECT MAJOR IMPACTS OVER THE PASSES AS BULK OF SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING DAYTIME HOURS SO CONTINUE TO FAVOR AN ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENT BASED ON IMPACT EVEN IF WARNING LEVEL AMOUNTS FALL AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. WILL LIKELY ISSUE THIS WITH THE AFTN FORECASTS. PRECIP TAPERS OFF SAT EVE WITH A BREAK THRU SUN MORNING. NEXT LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE IN GFS IS NOW WETTER IN 12Z RUN AND FAIRLY COLD INDICATING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD PRECIP AGAIN SUN AFTN INTO SUN NIGHT WITH SNOW POSSIBLY DOWN TO THE WRN VALLEY FLOORS. UPDATED EARLIER TO ADJUST SKY COVER FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING AND TWEAKED POPS A BIT FOR THIS AFTN. NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...THE FORECAST FOR SURFACE WINDS AT THE SLC TERMINAL WILL BE CHALLENGING TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT SOUTHERLY OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE THEN BECOME NORTHERLY AROUND 20Z THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE THAT WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR UTZ013>016-019>021. WY...NONE. && PUBLIC...WILENSKY AVIATION...HOSENFELD FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 634 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-261200- 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- 634 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TODAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS WESTERN UTAH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND ACCUMULATING MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE AREAWIDE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TO NEAR 6000 FEET DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN UTAH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THESE WILL BE MUCH COLDER SYSTEMS BRINGING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN VALLEYS IN ADDITION TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. WITH THIS COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER...INCLUDING THE CACHE VALLEY. .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) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL ROAD TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
2 high wind, 1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Peak recorded wind gusts across west central Utah included 66 mph at the Delta Municipal Airport and 58 mph at the U.S. 6 at Eureka sensor.
A wildfire began just north of Cedar City and was fueled by strong winds, before being contained after burning 45 acres. A landowner had been doing a controlled burn on April 24, and thought had put it out, but some of the embers reignited the blaze with the strong winds and got out of control on April 25. The fire threatened, but did not reach, 30 homes in the area. The wildfire consumed three power poles and caused a power outage; Rocky Mountain Power estimated the damage at $15,000.
The peak recorded wind gust across southwest Utah was 61 mph at the Milford ASOS. In addition, these strong winds caused low visibilities in blowing dust. On Interstate 15 between Parowan and Beaver, this led to accidents involving 13 vehicles, resulting in multiple injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 2014
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: 513525, 513527, 513526.