Daggett storm history

A 14-year-old girl was killed and her 49-year-old stepmother was critically injured when struck by lightning while riding a jet ski in the Hideout Canyon area of Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

A peak wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Canyonlands Field Airport.

A peak wind gust of 77 mph was measured by the Kings Point automated weather station.

Streets flooded in Dutch John as a result of heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms. Automated stations near Flaming Gorge measured close to 1.30 inches within two hours. Additionally, half-inch diameter hail was mixed in with the heavy rain.

A supercell thunderstorm produced strong winds which snapped off or uprooted many coniferous and aspen trees up to two feet in diameter within the Greens Draw area. This event was experienced by some people who were in that area when it occurred.

Heavy rainfall fell in the Brown's Park basin lead to flash flooding in the John Jarvie Ranch and Red Creek areas. Over ten miles of paved and dirt roads were damaged with many washed out sections. A coffer dam failed, and water over two feet deep flowed across one road. The norm…

Several areas of flash flooding were observed along Highway 191.

Hail to the size of quarters were reported in the Greendale area on the southern side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

High releases were necessary to alleviate inflated inflow into Flaming Gorge Reservoir due to heavy runoff from melting snow that occurred from the record snow pack in the Central Rockies. The high releases created low land flooding below the reservoir, caused some bank erosion a…

Fast moving hailstones up to the size of ping pong balls broke windows, dented vehicles, and damaged siding on residences.

Golfball sized hailstones dented vehicles and broke windshields and headlights traveling along highway 191 in the eastern Uinta Mountains.

A half inch of rain fell within 10 minutes and resulted in some minor flooding.

Lightning struck the Red Canyon water treatment plant and destroyed the USFS' transducer.

Flash flooding caused debris and water to flow over Highway 43 between mile markers 2 and 3. Several inches of water was also reported running across Highway 44. Big rocks also fell across roadways near Sheep Creek. A lot of debris flowed into nearby canals, and the Sheep Creek i…

Lightning struck and destroyed a transducer at the Red Canyon Water Treatment Plant.

A flash flood with water at least five feet deep ran down an arroyo and across Browns Park Road, about three miles east of the intersection of Red Creek and Browns Park Road. There was some erosion damage to the road and a section of wood fence upstream was torn out and carried d…

Daggett County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball size hail near Dutch John and penny-sized hail at the Flaming Gorge Dam. Minor street flooding was reported in Dutch John.

Thunderstorms over the Jarvie Ranch and Clay Basin area caused flash flooding. The flow of water in the main drainage was about 18 feet wide and 4 to 5 feet deep.

Lightning struck the Red Canyon Water Treatment Plant and destroyed the transducer.

A strong thunderstorm produced damaging wind gusts in extreme northeast Utah. A gust to 63 mph was measured at the Kings Point RAWS. Numerous tree branches were broken off and unsecured items were blown hundreds of feet away.

Lightning struck the Red Canyon Water Treatment Plant and destroyed the transducer.