Storm History: Carbon County, Utah

99 episodes, 108 events since 1985

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carbon County, Utah: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events: 108
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 6
Damage: $9.2 million
Episodes: 99

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Flash Flood	29	3	2	$4.5 million
Heavy Snow	22	1	2	$40,000
Hail	17	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	10	0	0	$310,000
Winter Storm	10	0	0	$105,000
Tornado	7	0	0	$4.0 million
High Wind	6	0	0
Avalanche	2	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0
Excessive Heat	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$1,000
Winter Weather	1	1	2	$150,000
Dust Storm	1	0	0

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Tornado, June 17, 2022EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Carbon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Tornadoes in Carbon County Every warning in Carbon County since 1986 Every county in Utah

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.