Utah, 1996

Hail in Utah, July 16, 1996

July 16, 1996 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong storm system moved through Utah on this date with several severe thunderstorms developing. The storm's cold front moved through Wendover shortly after noontime with the first severe thunderstorm of the day developing.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.

A strong storm system moved through Utah on this date with several severe thunderstorms developing. The storm's cold front moved through Wendover shortly after noontime with the first severe thunderstorm of the day developing. The Utah Highway Patrol at the Wendover Port of Entry measured three-quarter inch diameter hail from that thunderstorm. No damage was reported in the area.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tooele

When
July 16, 11:40 AM MST to 11:45 AM MST
Where
Tooele County, Wendover
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.770, -114.050

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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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: 5570126.