A strong cold front moved through Utah in the beginning of October. Thunderstorms developed both ahead of and along this front, with several storms producing strong gusty winds.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through Utah in the beginning of October. Thunderstorms developed both ahead of and along this front, with several storms producing strong gusty winds. Some storms also produced heavy rain, with flash flooding reported in Capitol Reef National Park.
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 Oct 1, 8:08 AM MST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 908 AM MDT Sat Oct 1 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A mild southwest flow with lingering moisture will remain over Utah into Sunday. A cold Pacific storm system will cross the Great Basin early in the upcoming week. && .DISCUSSION...A subtle disturbance showing up in the 700mb wind forecast by the GFS appears to be the culprit that is setting off the showers over northern Utah this morning. UDOT cameras showing some wet roads near Brigham City and 0.01 of an inch has been reported so far at Logan in the Cache Valley. Updated morning forecast to include scattered showers from Ogden north and isolated showers in Salt Lake county and Tooele Valley for this morning. Rest of forecast looks good for the remainder of the day with increasing chance of rain showers across northwest Utah this afternoon as the lobe of energy associated with the core of the low over southwest Oregon extending into central Nevada lifts northeast across northwest Utah this afternoon. GFS 500mb temps cool by a couple of degrees and an inflection in the 700mb winds shows a low level trough moving into northwest Utah by 00Z Sunday. The surface trough also moves to a Brigham City to Dugway line by 00Z Sunday setting up a convergence zone which should become the focus for widespread showers this evening. Considering PWs are 0.75 of an inch over NW UT through today current forecast of likely pops looks good across northern Utah this evening. Elsewhere scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms looks reasonable over the central mountains into the Uintas as terrain heating should be sufficient to destabilize this rather moist air mass. Drier air will be moving into southwest Utah with PWs decreasing there and the threat of showers ending by midday. && .AVIATION...Southerly winds at the SLC terminal will be gusty through much of today, with gusts greater than 30 mph possible between 16 and 22Z. However, there is a 40 percent chance that winds switch to the northwest around 22-00Z. There is also a 30 percent chance of showers/thunderstorms impacting the terminal after 20Z, with gusty erratic winds as the most likely impact. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...None. WY...None. && PUBLIC...Struthwolf AVIATION...Verzella 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
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 423 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2016 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-021200- 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- 423 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE MILD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER. LINGERING MOISTURE WILL FUEL ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS FAR NORTHERN UTAH THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS FAR NORTHERN UTAH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY AHEAD OF A COLD PACIFIC STORM. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PACIFIC STORM WILL ENTER NORTHWEST UTAH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED... WITH MANY READINGS ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING FALLING ABOUT 15 TO 25 DEGREES FROM THE HIGHS ON SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TO NEAR 6500 FEET. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE ABOUT 7000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS. A TRAILING WEATHER DISTURBANCE COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN IMPACT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN WASATCH RANGE. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. .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
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:09 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rangers at Capitol Reef National Park reported flash flooding in the Capitol Gorge.
A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Diddle Knoll sensor.
The Upper Cedar Mountain sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
The Interstate 80 at Grassey sensor reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
The Vernon Hill sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 75 mph.
The Trans-Jordan Landfill mesonet sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 71 mph.
The Hat Island sensor reported a peak wind gust of 67 mph.
A 58 mph wind gust was reported at the Mountain View at Dannon Way sensor.
The Baccus Highway sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 74 mph.
The Portable RWIS 1 sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Ogden Peak mesonet sensor.
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, October 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: 662398, 662388, 662389, 662390, 662391, 662394, 662392, 662395, 662396, 662397, 662393.