Storms in Utah in 2003

419 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Utah in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Utah in 2003 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 419
Deaths: 14
Injuries: 27
Damage: $6.5 million
Episodes: 178

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Heavy Snow	106	1	0	$380,000
Drought	84	0	0
Winter Storm	76	2	0	$2.3 million
Winter Weather	33	0	0
Flash Flood	31	0	0	$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind	20	0	0	$293,000
High Wind	17	0	0	$715,000
Dense Fog	14	3	17	$720,000
Frost/Freeze	8	0	0
Wildfire	7	0	0
Lightning	6	4	6	$16,000
Hail	5	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Avalanche	2	4	0
Strong Wind	2	0	4	$110,000
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Tornado	2	0	0	$2,000
Dust Storm	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.