Flash Flood in Utah, June 18, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in Utah, June 18, 2000
Start: 2000-06-18T13:00
End: 2000-06-18T14:00
Location: Utah

June 18, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sevier

When: June 18, 1:00 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
Where: Sevier County, Aurora
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 38.748, -111.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A sudden downburst from a thunderstorm produced flash flooding down the gorges of the hills on the west side of Aurora. The water soon filled the canals that go through town. The canal bank broke in 3 places, causing the State road department to be called out to repair the damage. The Denmark Wash overflowed a road leading to some homes, and flooded some farmyards. No injuries or damage was reported.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Utah in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, June 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: 5177442.