Hail, Salt Lake
- When
- May 25, 5:15 PM MST to 5:20 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, West Jordan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -111.933
Hail in Utah, May 25, 2000
A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch hail over West Valley City, then deposited 1 1/4 inch hailstones in West Kearns.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch hail over West Valley City, then deposited 1 1/4 inch hailstones in West Kearns.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Salt Lake
- When
- May 25, 5:17 PM MST to 5:20 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, Kearns
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -112.050
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, May 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: 5178480, 5178481.