Hail, Box Elder
- When
- September 6, 8:20 PM MST to 8:25 PM MST
- Where
- Box Elder County, Thatcher to 10 mi W of Thatcher
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -112.500
Hail in Utah, September 6, 1997
2 severe thunderstorms developed in extreme northern Utah. The first storm dropped 7/8" diameter hail on Thiokol.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
2 severe thunderstorms developed in extreme northern Utah. The first storm dropped 7/8" diameter hail on Thiokol. The second severe storm dropped 1" diameter hail on the town of Paradise where minor damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cache
- When
- September 6, 9:40 PM MST to 9:48 PM MST
- Where
- Cache County, Paradise
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -111.850
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
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 6, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 6, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 6 to 7, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 6, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 6, 1997
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 6, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, September 6, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, September 6, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 6, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 6, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 6, 1997
More
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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: 5623791, 5623792.