Indeed, it is a good thing that the Tour of Utah wasn't being held in the Cottonwoods yesterday afternoon when severe thunderstorms dumped their goods in the central Wasatch, producing what the National Weather Service reported as two-inch per hour precipitation rates.
Hail was also observed and covered the highways in both canyons per the National Weather Service.
Hail is covering the roads in the upper reaches of both Big and Little Cottonwood canyons!!! (Image courtesy of the Utah Dept. of transportation) #utwx pic.twitter.com/uS6FqsFJbA— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) August 3, 2019
Alta today showed plenty of evidence of heavy rainfall and associated runoff with a shallow layer of mud and rocks covering the highways and parking lots in places. It must have been a scary experience for anyone caught out hiking, climbing, or biking during this storm.
Let us hope we don't have a repeat for the Tour of Utah.
Let us hope we don't have a repeat for the Tour of Utah.
I was on top of Lone Peak when I looked out west and saw the storm headed our way. I made it out of the alpine right when it hit and had quite the experience with the heavy precip and constant electric activity. Some climbers were stuck on route and had even more of an experience! One was struck by lightning according to a facebook climbing group. Scary stuff.
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