Flash Flood, Iron
- When
- September 8, 1:45 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Iron County, Paragonah
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 37.859, -113.289 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Utah, September 8, 1997
Iron county sheriffs reported a 5' wall of water washed down Red Creek into the town of Paragonah. Several streets, yards and basements were flooded in the area.
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
- $40,000
- 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.
Iron county sheriffs reported a 5' wall of water washed down Red Creek into the town of Paragonah. Several streets, yards and basements were flooded in the area. Brian Head received .72" in 20 minutes and Panguitch .75" in an hour.
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
- Dense Fog in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 8, 1997
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 8, 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: 5623800.