Utah

Storm History: Washington County, Utah

292 episodes, 527 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
527
Deaths
33
Injuries
37
Damage
$89 million
Episodes
292

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 Flood3162821$31 million
Thunderstorm Wind5100$129,000
Heavy Snow4846$855,000
Tornado3205$235,000
Winter Storm2402$20 million
Hail2000$5,000
High Wind1600$202,000
Excessive Heat512
Flood400$70,000
Wildfire300$35 million
Avalanche300
Winter Weather201$1.1 million
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100$400,000
Strong Wind100

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.