Utah

Storm History: Utah County, Utah

304 episodes, 481 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Utah 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
481
Deaths
18
Injuries
52
Damage
$69 million
Episodes
304

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
Thunderstorm Wind122217$58 million
Flash Flood10222$6.6 million
Heavy Snow7112$1.0 million
Hail61110$759,000
Winter Storm3424$300,000
Tornado2700$1.3 million
Avalanche20911$9,000
High Wind1400$50,000
Dust Storm500
Lightning403$107,000
Excessive Heat400
Debris Flow400$156,000
Flood300$105,000
Winter Weather313$263,000
Funnel Cloud200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Wildfire200
Heavy Rain100$31,000

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 Utah County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Utah CountyEvery warning in Utah 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.