Hail, Iron
- When
- July 26, 5:05 PM MST to 5:08 PM MST
- Where
- Iron County, (Cdc)cedar City Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -113.100
Hail in Utah, July 26, 1996
Record heat combined with some tropical moisture to create a very unstable atmosphere over southwest Utah. A severe thunderstorm developed in Iron county at first dumping heavy rain between Duck Creek Village and Cedar City.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Record heat combined with some tropical moisture to create a very unstable atmosphere over southwest Utah. A severe thunderstorm developed in Iron county at first dumping heavy rain between Duck Creek Village and Cedar City. Flooding closed State Route 14 for 2 hours due to rocks and mud being washed on it. Nearly six-tenths (0.58") of an inch of rain fell in 35 minutes in Cedar City. This storm also dropped large hail. One inch diameter hailstones were the largest ones measured by observers in the area. Minor damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 26, 1996
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Texas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 1996
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5570132.