Flash Flood, Daggett
- When
- July 29, 6:15 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Daggett County, 14 mi W of Manila
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 40.887, -109.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Utah, July 29, 1996
A section of the Birch Creek Road was washed out by a flash flood.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $2,000
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
A section of the Birch Creek Road was washed out by a flash flood.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 231 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Idaho, July 29, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 29, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, July 29, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5559277.