Wildfire, Grand
- When
- June 20, 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Grand County, 7 mi NNE of Westwater
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.982, -109.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Utah, June 20, 1999
A lightning strike ignited trees and brush just south of Interstate 70 near the Colorado border.
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
- None recorded
- 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 lightning strike ignited trees and brush just south of Interstate 70 near the Colorado border.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20 to 22, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, June 20, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 20 to 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 20, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, June 20 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Utah in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, June 1999
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: 5715342.