Thunderstorms developed across Utah over the last week of July, with some of these storms producing strong, gusty winds.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed across Utah over the last week of July, with some of these storms producing 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 25, 3:10 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 410 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 .SYNOPSIS...An upper level ridge over the Great Basin will result in continued hot conditions across the area. Remnant moisture will allow isolated storms to develop across all but far northern Utah today and Tuesday before a more westerly flow aloft dries the region out by midweek. && .SHORT TERM (UNTIL 12Z THURSDAY)...A weak trof sits along the west coast this afternoon with a swly flow over Utah. Limited moisture has spread north into the state and covers all but the nwrn 1/4 of the CWA. Convection has fired over the mtns along and east of the I-15 corridor from about Provo south and over the Uintas. A few cells have formed west of Milford and are also drifting off the terrain into the ern valleys. The deepest moisture is limited to the southern CWA roughly south of a line from St George to Green River and there remains a small threat of heavy rain from cells in that area. Otherwise storms today should be fairly high based with more wind than rain. Expect convection to persist over these areas into tonight and a few weak cells could spread farther north thru western valleys after midnight as another weak disturbance crosses the north. The mid level ridge starts to recenter westward Tue with drier westerlies starting to spread into west central and nwrn Ut. Moisture is expected to linger over the mountains as well as across the southern and eastern valleys with another round of convection in these areas but probably less numerous. This drying spreads across pretty much the entire CWA on Wed and have removed pops from the forecast for that day. Temps will stay hot across the CWA with SLC reaching 100 today and highs along the Wasatch Front of 100 or better in the forecast thru at least Wed. && .LONG TERM (AFTER 12Z THURSDAY)...Upper level ridge remains anchored over the Great Basin late this week before re-centering over the central plains by the end of the weekend. The hot weather will continue across the area late this week and into the weekend. Could see quite an impressive run of 100+ degree days along the central and southern Wasatch Front by the end of the week with high temps generally 105-110 late this week in Dixie. May see a bit of a dip in the far south this weekend due to increased cloud cover associated with afternoon and evening storms. By Thu and Fri ECMWF and GFS both indicate the potential for moisture to work to the western edge of the mid-level high situated over Arizona and then into southwest Utah on weak southwest flow aloft. Given this trend have added a slight chance of thunderstorms to far southwest Utah on Thu and increased the coverage across the southwest a bit for Friday. Upper level high then shifts east allowing moisture to stream further north into Utah over the weekend. Will continue with the idea of a isolated storms across southern Utah...including many valley locations by Sunday...with convection primarily focused over the high terrain in northern Utah. && .FIRE WEATHER...The southwest flow over the district today has spread moisture north to about I-80 and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue south of there well into this evening. Drier westerly flow will begin to spread across western Utah on Tuesday with enough moisture remaining over the mountains and east for another round of isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Hot and dry conditions over the north and west Tuesday will expand across the entire district on Wednesday as the drier west to northwest flow spreads into the south and east. It appears a little moisture will start to move back into southwestern Utah on Thursday then increase through the weekend bringing a renewed threat of afternoon thunderstorms. This next round of thunderstorms looks to be on the dry side at least for the first part of the weekend with a chance of dry lightning. && .AVIATION...There is a 20 percent chance of showers impacting the SLC terminal between 22Z and 04Z, with gusty erratic winds as the most likely impact. Otherwise, expect winds to switch back to the southeast around 03-05Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...The southwest flow over the district today has spread moisture north to about I-80 and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue south of there well into this evening. Drier westerly flow will begin to spread across western Utah on Tuesday with enough moisture remaining over the mountains and east for another round of isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Hot and dry conditions over the north and west Tuesday will expand across the entire district on Wednesday as the drier west to northwest flow spreads into the south and east. It appears a little moisture will start to move back into southwestern Utah on Thursday then increase through the weekend bringing a renewed threat of afternoon thunderstorms. This next round of thunderstorms looks to be on the dry side at least for the first part of the weekend with a chance of dry lightning. && .SLC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... UT...None. WY...None. && SHORT TERM...Wilensky LONG TERM...Graham/Dewey AVIATION...Schoening FIRE WEATHER...Wilensky For more information from NOAA's National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity For frequently asked questions about the Area Forecast Discussion visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity/general/afd_faqs.php
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Almost all of the residents of Milford lost power after strong winds from a microburst downed 16 power poles near State Routes 21 and 129.
The Delta Municipal Airport AWOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 60 mph.
The Telegraph Flat RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 mph.
The Enterprise RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
The St George Regional Airport AWOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 61 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 2016
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: 653341, 653343, 653347, 653349, 653350.