Utah

Storm History: Uintah County, Utah

857 episodes, 1,431 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Uintah 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
1,431
Deaths
6
Injuries
1
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
857

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
Drought41600
Winter Storm30800$50,000
Winter Weather28300
Dense Fog8900
Heavy Snow8300
High Wind3600$500
Frost/Freeze3400
Hail3000$100,000
Wildfire2860$21 million
Thunderstorm Wind2500$41,000
Flash Flood2300$326,000
Blizzard1400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Tornado1201$938,000
Flood900$200,000
Heavy Rain600
Cold/Wind Chill600
Funnel Cloud500
Strong Wind300$22,000
Lightning200$13,000
Debris Flow200$51,000
Avalanche200
Excessive Heat100
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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Uintah CountyEvery warning in Uintah 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.