Utah, 1986

Tornado and Hail in Utah, August 31, 1986

August 31, 1986 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Event by event

1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sevier

When
August 31, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Sevier County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.830, -111.970

Tornado, Wayne

When
August 31, 3:30 PM MST
Where
Wayne County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$30
Coordinates
38.370, -110.080

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Utah in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Utah, 1986Warnings in Utah, August 1986

Sources

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: 10152885, 10152884.