Utah tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Utah between 1953 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
146
Tornado reports
12,098
Storm events
257
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Utah
139 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Utah
Not shown for Utah. Only 128 tornadoes have been recorded here since 1950, which is too few to break into decades and read a trend from — the strong-tornado count for most decades would be zero or one. That thinness is itself a fact about Utah. Compare with states that have a longer record.
Significant recent events in Utah
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
Strong winds associated with thunderstorms in the areas resulted in periods of blowing dust and reduced visibility. Utah Highway Patrol reported that this dust storm led to a multi-vehicle traffic accident on U.S. Highway 91 in northern Cache County, which resulted in multiple se…
A group of seven snowbikers met in Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Guardsmans Pass trailhead with the intention to ride in the area during the afternoon. Most of the group had extensive backcountry, including formal avalanche training, and members of the group were equipped with tr…
Two skiers left the Butler Fork trailhead in Big Cottonwood Canyon Saturday morning 2/21 with the plan to do a run known as The Triangle. This is in Butler Basin, a Big Cottonwood Canyon drainage east of Gobblers Knob. The skiers ascended a steep north-facing slope next to the de…
Just following noon two children and their father entered a backcountry area by leaving the Brighton Ski area boundary west of the Crest lift. One of the children, an 11 year old female ahead of her other family members, traversed into the backcountry along an apron above Rock Ga…
In the late afternoon hours a man and his juvenile son were riding snowmobiles in the Snake Creek/Ant Knolls area of the Wasatch Mountains roughly between Alta and Midway. The father reportedly became stuck at the bottom of a steep bowl like slope around 4:00 PM, with the son als…
The Redwest Music Festival, being held at the Utah State Fairpark, was paused and crowds were evacuated preemptively around 5 p.m. Saturday due to a cold front approaching the area. It is estimated that 60,000 people attended each day of the three day event. The cold front brough…
Two individuals went out on the water at Willard Bay State Park on an inflatable raft during the afternoon of Saturday, August 2. Outflow winds from thunderstorms near the Utah-Idaho border pushed through Willard Bay area around 4:20 p.m. with wind gusts at nearby weather station…
The Forsyth Fire started on Thursday, June 19th, 2025. Initial reports from fire officials state the fire is suspected to have originated as a holdover from lightning in the Pine Valley Mountains. A long stretch of hot, dry, and windy conditions prevailed ahead of the fire's disc…
Perry Police Department was called to Perry Park just before 5 PM Wednesday, June 11 for reports of traumatic injuries due to a large tree branch falling on two individuals. One individual, an 80-year old woman, died on the scene. The other individual, a 28-year old woman, was tr…
A report of a skier who failed to return home by 500 pm MST was received by Summit County Dispatch on the evening of the event 3/7. A search and rescue operation was started that evening, and crews found evidence of a recent slide, but due to reportedly extremely hazardous condit…
A skier and a guide were caught in an avalanche in the East Bowl of upper Silver Fork. The skier triggered the avalanche above the guide who was skiing below. Both were carried by the avalanche. The skier was badly injured, with a broken leg, but survived. The guide had traumatic…
A snowmobiler got caught in an avalanche in the Monte Cristo Snowmobile Area near the Rich and Cache county line. The victim's friend called for help, prompting a multi-agency search in which the victim was found deceased around 6:20 p.m. Monday, February 3. Deputies reported the…
Two boys fell through ice into Glasmann Pond in South Ogden while fishing, approximately around 4:30 pm LST. While one was able to get out, the other was rescued by divers and later passed from the injuries sustained. Temperatures nearby reported from the Ogden-Hinckley Airport A…
A snowboarder died in an avalanche in Silver Fork of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
A man was snowboarding in the Porter Fork area of Millcreek Canyon when he was caught by an avalanche. He was dug from the snow several days later.
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Arches (2)
Arches/north La Sals (1)
Bear Lake and Bear River Valley (13)
Beaver (79)
Beaver T X E/iron T Xs Xe (42)
Box Elder (310)
Bryce Canyon Country (10)
C E Summit/x Ne Wasatch/n Duchesne (46)
C Ec Xse Duchesne (14)
C Grand (1)
C Sc Sanpete/c Sevier (22)
C Uintah (6)
C W Box Elder/c W Xe Toole/x W Salt Lake/x Nw Utah (54)
Cache (126)
Cache Valley/utah (61)
Cache Valley/utah Portion (48)
Canyonlands & Natural Bridges (1)
Canyonlands / Natural Bridges (270)
Capitol Reef National Park and Vicinity (2)
Carbon (62)
Castle Country (34)
Castle Country/price/castle/dale/emery (14)
Central Mountains (115)
Central and Southwest Mountains (47)
Daggett (44)
Daggett/n Uintah (13)
Davis (181)
Duchesne (99)
E Wasatch T X Ne/s Wc Duchesne/x Ne San Pete/carbon T Sc/p X Ne X Nw Emery (39)
Eastern Box Elder County (27)
Eastern Juab/millard Counties (15)
Eastern Uinta Basin (377)
Eastern Uinta Mountains (530)
Emery (108)
Emery T Nw X Ne/c E Wayne/p Sc Carbon (6)
Garfield (189)
Glen Canyon Recreation Area/lake Powell (23)
Grand (236)
Grand Flat (1)
Grand Flat and Arches (336)
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains (205)
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains/wendover/snowville (26)
Iron (112)
Juab (61)
Kane (254)
Kane T X Nw X E/sc Garfield (12)
La Sal & Abajo Mountains (542)
Lower Washington County (11)
Millard (78)
Millard T X E/juab T X E (29)
Morgan (23)
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/w Weber/davis (109)
Ne Garfield/x Sc X Se Wayne/c N San Juan (13)
Northern Wasatch Front (162)
Northern Wasatch Front/brigham City/ogden Bountiful (56)
Nw Cache (47)
P Nc Weber/p C Morgan/p W C Summit/p Sc Wasatch (104)
P Sc Carbon/nw Emery T X Nw (15)
Piute (19)
Rich (32)
Rich/cache T Nw/p E C Weber/most of Morgan/nw Summit/ne Salt Lake/x Ne Box Elder (153)
S Grand (2)
S Uintah/n Grand (8)
Salt Lake (523)
Salt Lake Valley (38)
Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys (169)
Salt Lake and Toole Valleys (57)
San Juan (217)
San Rafael Swell (14)
San Rafael Swell/greene River/hanksville (9)
Sanpete (47)
Sanpete Valley (3)
Sanpete/sevier Valleys (44)
Sc Se San Juan (5)
Sc Washington (23)
Sevier (61)
Sevier Valley (5)
South Central Utah (38)
South Central Utah/kanab/escalante (7)
Southeast Mountains/canyonlands (10)
Southeast Utah (326)
Southeast Utah/blanding (2)
Southern Mountains (122)
Southern Wasatch Front (104)
Southern Wasatch Front/lehi/provo/nephi (36)
Southwest Utah (136)
Southwest Utah/cedar City/milford (23)
Summit (54)
Sw San Juan/x E Kane/se Garfield (3)
Tavaputs Plateau (388)
Tooele (840)
Tooele and Rush Valleys (43)
Uintah (109)
Upper Sevier River Valleys (9)
Utah (307)
Utah Valley (28)
Utah's Dixie and Zion National Park (14)
Utahs Dixie and Zion National Park (44)
W Salt Lake T X W/e Toole T X E (111)
W Summit T Nw/se Salt Lake/wasatch X Sc/e Utah/p X E Juab/x Nw San Pete (172)
W Utah T X Nw/p X E Juab (91)
Wasatch (53)
Wasatch Back (16)
Wasatch Mountain Valleys (79)
Wasatch Mountain Valleys/huntsville/park City/heber (55)
Wasatch Mountains I-80 North (208)
Wasatch Mountains I80 North (70)
Wasatch Mountains South of I-80 (261)
Wasatch Mountains South of I80 (86)
Wasatch Plateau/book Cliffs (129)
Washington (426)
Wayne (192)
Weber (173)
West Central Utah (89)
West Central Utah/delta (17)
Western Canyonlands (5)
Western Juab/millard Counties (14)
Western Uinta Basin (28)
Western Uinta Mountains (133)
Western Unita Basin (18)
Western Unita Mountains (38)
X Nw Kane/xs Xe Iron/n W Washington/nw Wc Garfield/piute/w Wayne/sevier T C/x E Millard/s Sanpete T Sc/x Se Juab/p X Nw Emery/x E Beaver (95)
Zion National Park (2)
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