Hail in Utah, August 8, 1993

Name: Hail in Utah, August 8, 1993
Start: 1993-08-08T12:35
End: 1993-08-08T14:45
Location: Utah

August 8, 1993 · 11 events in 1 county or zone

11 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $1,000
Events: 11

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

11 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 12:35 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Herriman
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical moisture surged further north into Utah. This moisture led to the development of severe thunderstorms over the southern portion of Salt Lake County. The rest of the county was hardly touched. The hail accumulated to a 3-inch depth in Herriman. The hail shredded vegetation, and damaged vehicles.

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:01 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Midvale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:02 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Sandy
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:08 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Holladay
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:30 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Midvale
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:30 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Millcreek
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:40 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Willowcreek
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 1:47 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Murray
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 2:25 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Sandy
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Shortly after the above thunderstorms moved out of the area, new thunderstorms redeveloped in the same area. Again, the remainder of the county was hardly touched. In Sandy, the hail piled up to a depth of 2 inches. The hail shredded vegetation, and damaged vehicles. These thunderstorms also had frequent lightning. Lightning that struck a tree in Draper caused a very large branch to fall on some cars in a church parking lot. The damage to the cars was $30,000. The electric current from a nearby lightning strike worked its way into a house in Sandy destroying a television set. Brief heavy rainfall from these thunderstorms caused minor urban flooding.

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 2:40 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Sandy
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Salt Lake

When: August 8, 2:45 PM MST
Where: Salt Lake County, Murray
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50
Coordinates: 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10355184, 10355185, 10355186, 10355187, 10355188, 10355189, 10354914, 10354915, 10354916, 10354923, 10355055.