The month of July started out hot and dry. However, by the middle of the month the Southwest Monsoon season had begun.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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.
The month of July started out hot and dry. However, by the middle of the month the Southwest Monsoon season had begun. The majority of the climate reporting stations reported near normal to slightly above normal monthly precipitation totals. Nonetheless, the drought worsened a bit in the far northeast corner of the state and remained in the severe category near the Four Corners.
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 Jun 30, 8:22 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 922 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 916 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 UPDATED TO REMOVE EXPIRED FIRE WEATHER HEADLINE. SURFACE WINDS DECREASED AND HUMIDITY BEGAN TO RISE...ALLOWING THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 350 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 THE DRY WESTERLY FLOW OVER OUR CWA WILL TURN TO THE NW OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND EXTENDS NORTHWARD. BREEZY SURFACE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY...SHOULD DECREASE IN MOST AREAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LIGHTER WINDS ALOFT ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER SURFACE WINDS TUESDAY. WEAK CONVECTION POPPED UP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AGAIN TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...CONVECTION AGAIN LOOKS MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY WHERE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED PRIMARILY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. EXPECT A REPEAT PERFORMANCE WITH WEAK CONVECTION OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN OUR CWA ON TUESDAY. AS OF MID AFTERNOON TODAY...TEMPERATURES WERE A TAD LOWER THAN YESTERDAY...EXCEPT IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WHERE THEY WERE A TAD HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE SEEM TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH MINS TONIGHT A LITTLE LOWER THAN LAST NIGHT AT MOST LOCATIONS...WITH A SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS...DEW POINT TEMPERATURES AT LEAST AS LOW AS LAST NIGHT...AND GENERALLY LIGHTER SURFACE WINDS. HAVE LOWERED MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT BY SEVERAL DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. ALSO...SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS WARM TOMORROW COMPARED TO TODAY ACROSS OUR AREA...AND ALSO LOWERED MAX TEMPERATURES A LITTLE AT MANY LOCATIONS. EXPECT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT TO SIMILAR TO TONIGHT...IF NOT SLIGHTLY LOWER. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 350 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT FROM THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN WED MORNING TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ON THU...WITH THE HIGH CENTER OVER NEW MEXICO. THIS IMPRESSIVE RIDGE WILL EXTEND NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES OF CANADA. THE PATTERN THEN REMAINS PRETTY STATIC OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND SOUTHWARD. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE RIDGE OVER MONTANA AND THE CANADIAN ROCKIES DOES FLATTEN AND SHIFT EAST BEGINNING SAT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES IN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HOWEVER THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON OUR FORECAST AREA. FOR US...WE WILL SEE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY UNDER THE RIDGE AND OVER THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO MOISTURE FROM THE EAST ON TUE WILL REMAIN TRAPPED ALONG THE DIVIDE EARLY IN THE PERIOD. ON WED...MOISTURE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO COME FROM A MORE ROUND-ABOUT DIRECTION...NORTHWEST THEN WEST...DUE TO THE GENERAL CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH. LATER IN THE WEEK A BETTER...BUT STILL NOT OPTIMAL...CONNECTION WILL BE MADE TO THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE POOL OVER MEXICO. THEREFORE WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE A SLOW INCREASE IN THE DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON INTO THE WEEKEND. ACTIVITY WILL INITIATE IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY MOVING OFF INTO THE VALLEYS BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. INTERACTING BOUNDARIES MAY RESULT IN A FEW STORMS PERSISTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. WITH THE HIGH OVERHEAD...TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL MODIFY TEMPS IN SOME AREAS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 916 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AN ISOLATED HIGH-BASED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE WEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE AREAS OF TURBULENCE FROM ABOUT 17Z TO 03Z TUESDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 350 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 STRONG SURFACE HEATING HAS PRODUCED ANOTHER DEEP MIXED LAYER THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED. THESE GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN MOST WIDESPREAD OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...WITH MORE LOCALIZED GUSTS ELSEWHERE. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING...AT OR AROUND SUNSET. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR FAR NORTHWEST WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST UT. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST ON TUE...LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...NONE. UT...NONE. && UPDATE...CC SHORT TERM...JRP LONG TERM...EH AVIATION...CC FIRE WEATHER...EH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 943 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-020345- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 943 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. UPDATED TO REMOVE MENTION OF SIGNFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IMPROVES EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN THE THREAT OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...ALTHOUGH A LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. CJC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions remained unchanged across the lower elevations near the Four Corners of southeast Utah through the month of July.
Moderate drought conditions in the eastern Uinta Basin at the beginning of July deteriorated to severe to extreme drought conditions by the end of the month.
Moderate drought conditions persisted across most of the eastern Uinta Mountains in July, while severe drought conditions expanded into the southern portion of the area by the end of the month.
Moderate drought conditions prevailed across most of the zone while severe drought conditions persisted in the Natural Bridges area.
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, July 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: 539712, 539713, 539714, 540609.