Event narrative (NOAA)
As warmer weather set in during the spring, the prior winter's record setting snowpack began to melt, with runoff leading to cold, elevated, and fast flowing rivers accordingly. For context, the river gage at the outlet of Pineview Reservoir (which has controlled releases that subsequently flow into the Weber River downstream) rose to 7.37 feet by 5:00 pm MST on May 1, just below the historical record peak of 7.38 feet. On Monday May 1 around 4:45 pm MST, the first of many 911 emergency calls were received, stating that a person in distress was seen within the waters of the Weber River, and that they could hear screaming. First responders and emergency personnel began search and rescue operations on the Weber River from approximately Uintah to Marriott-Slaterville soon thereafter. By aroun
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.