Utah

Storm History: Emery County, Utah

136 episodes, 187 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Emery 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
187
Deaths
6
Injuries
7
Damage
$2.0 million
Episodes
136

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flash Flood7142$1.5 million
Heavy Snow3912$40,000
Winter Storm2100$175,000
Hail1701$15,000
Tornado1100$28,000
Thunderstorm Wind1000$23,000
High Wind700
Excessive Heat300
Avalanche300
Heavy Rain200$47,000
Flood100
Winter Weather112$150,000
Dust Storm100

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

Every tornado in Emery County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Emery CountyEvery warning in Emery County since 1986Every 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.