Hail, Utah
- When
- May 30, 1:10 PM MST to 1:15 PM MST
- Where
- Utah County, 2 mi W of Provo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -111.700
Hail in Utah, May 30, 1996
A severe thunderstorm developed over Utah county during the early afternoon on this date. A weather spotter measured three-quarter inch hail from this thunderstorm just west of Provo.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 severe thunderstorm developed over Utah county during the early afternoon on this date. A weather spotter measured three-quarter inch hail from this thunderstorm just west of Provo.
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
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 30, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, May 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1996
- Cold in New York, May 30, 1996
- Cold in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, May 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: 5570106.