Heavy Rain, Emery
- When
- July 28, 4:30 PM MST to 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Emery County, Green River
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.997, -110.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Utah, July 28, 1998
Heavy rain fell in the Green River area and caused flooding in the area. 05" of rain in 45 minutes and reported basement flooding in several homes.
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
- $45,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- 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.
Heavy rain fell in the Green River area and caused flooding in the area. The spotter there measured 1.05" of rain in 45 minutes and reported basement flooding in several homes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 1998
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: 5663886.