Flash Flood in Utah, August 29, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in Utah, August 29, 2000
Start: 2000-08-29T14:00
End: 2000-08-29T18:00
Location: Utah

August 29, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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.

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Washington

When: August 29, 2:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where: Washington County, Countywide
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $2,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.280, -113.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Monsoon rains brought widespread flooding to nearly all of Washington County. At least one home was flooded in Dammeron Valley when a drainage ditch spilled over its banks. The Veyo pool sustained mud and silt damage when flood waters swept through the facility. I Brookside, a UP&L canal started leaking and washed out a road.

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

Every storm in Utah in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, August 2000

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: 5177626.