Flash Flood, Uintah
- When
- July 25, 3:15 PM MST to 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Uintah County, 2 mi E of Vernal
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.125, -109.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Utah, July 25, 1998
A short section of state road 121 was washed out.
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
- $1,000
- 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 short section of state road 121 was washed out.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 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
- Heavy Rain in Utah, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 25, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 25 to 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 25, 1998
- Waterspouts in Michigan, July 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, July 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, July 1998
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: 5662906.