Flash Flood, Garfield
- When
- September 15, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, Henrieville
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -111.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
Flash flooding occurred along the Paria River and Henrieville Creek. SR-12 had to be closed as the flood waters undermined the structure of a bridge just west of town.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $30,000
- 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.
Flash flooding occurred along the Paria River and Henrieville Creek. SR-12 had to be closed as the flood waters undermined the structure of a bridge just west of town. A spotter in Henrieville measured 1.75" of rain on this date.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 1997
- Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 15, 1997
- Hail in Montana, September 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Montana, September 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Utah in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, September 1997
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: 5623810.