Hail, Box Elder
- When
- June 21, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Box Elder County, Brigham City
- Measured
- 0.01 in hail
- Property damage
- $24,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.517, -112.017
Hail in Utah, June 21, 2004
A relatively weak upper level storm system and its associated cold front moved through Idaho and into northern portions of Utah. The front combined with sufficient low level moisture to produce a severe thunderstorms and several inches of 1"-inch diameter hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $24,000
- 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 SLC wrote it up.
A relatively weak upper level storm system and its associated cold front moved through Idaho and into northern portions of Utah. The front combined with sufficient low level moisture to produce a severe thunderstorms and several inches of 1"-inch diameter hail. Some crops and trees were damaged by the large hail but no injuries were reported. 50 mph wind gusts toppled several tree as well.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 9:07 AM MST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:07 AM MST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1007 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION MIDWEEK...AND REMAIN IN PLACE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...A SHORTWAVE IS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS UTAH TODAY. WITH NVA AND STABILIZATION OCCURRING OVER THE NORTH WILL REMOVE POPS NORTHERN VALLEYS TODAY. ALSO ADDED POPS FOR THE LAKE POWELL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ZONES. UPDATING TODAY AND TONIGHT. RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA THIS WEEK WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. ID...NONE. WY...NONE. && GIBSON
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Rip Current in Guam, June 21, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 21 to 22, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, June 21, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Oklahoma, June 21 to 24, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 21, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 21, 2004
More
Every storm in Utah in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, June 2004
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: 5422459.