Eastern Uinta Mountains County, Utah
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1997 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
1
Floods since 1996
530
All events
0
Deaths
$500
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 9 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts up to 15 inches at Hickerson Park. Wind gusts were in the 45 to 55 mph range towards the latter half of the event during the morning of May 18, with a peak wind gust of 59 mph at Windy Point RAWS.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area.
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of April, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought as covering approximately 20% Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains, with 60% of the zone under Severe (D2) Drought, and 20% under Moderate (D1) Drought. These drought co…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 10 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area.
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of March, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering approximately 10% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains, with the remaining 90% under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. With the 3/24 US Drought Monitor update, …
High Wind High Wind
The peak gust to 75 mph was recorded at the Little Mountain mesonet site near Vernal, UT, at 3:20 AM MST 2/17. The peak gust at an ASOS or AWOS in the zone was to 53 mph at the Dutch John AWOS 2ESE Manilla at 12:15 PM MST 2/17. Additional gusts at various sensors across the zone …
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Generally 15 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted in the 45 to 75 mph range.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Localized dense fog developed near the eastern Uinta Mountains during the early morning of February 13. The K40U AWOS at the Manilla Airport observed reduced visibility to 1/4 mile for about twenty minutes. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
Drought Drought
Despite having just gone a full month without any Extreme (D3) or Exceptional (D4) Drought in Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains, the US Drought Monitor reintroduced Extreme (D3) Drought to the zone with the 2/11 update. Extreme (D3) Drought was analyzed as covering roughly …
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains on February 7th. Drought did not reoccur over the course of a month from that date. Therefore this will be the last drought entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) or Exceptional (D4) Drough…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Localized dense fog developed on the northern slopes of the Uintah Mountains on the morning of January 8. The K40U AWOS at the Manila Airport reported a brief period of 1/4-mile visibility due to freezing fog. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area.
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of January, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering 25% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains. Severe (D2) Drought covered 70% of the zone, and Moderate (D1) Drought covered the remaining 5%. With the 1/7 Drou…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Areas of dense fog developed on the northern slopes of the Uintah Mountains late in the night on December 1. The K40U AWOS at the Manila Airport reported multiple hours of 1/4-mile visibility early in the morning and beyond sunrise due to freezing fog. No reports of injuries, dam…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of December, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought in Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains. This area covered roughly 25% of the zone, with 70% of the zone under Severe (D2) Drought conditions, and the remaining 5% under …
Drought Drought
At the start of the month of November, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought that covered roughly 40% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains. The remainder of the zone has Severe (D2) Drought covering 55% and Moderate (D1) covering 5%. Coverage of Ex…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of October, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 60% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains, with the remaining 40% under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. With the 10/14 Drought Monitor update, Extrem…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of September, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions as covering roughly 75% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains, with the remaining 25% under Severe (D2) conditions. With the 9/17 Drought Monitor update, th…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of August, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 75% of Utah Zone 023 - Eastern Uinta Mountains. These conditions remained unchanged through the end of the month of August.
Drought Drought
With worsening drought conditions through the month of July, Extreme (D3) Drought finally expanded into northeastern Utah for the first time at the end of the month. The area of Extreme (D3) Drought was rather small, and surrounded by Severe (D2) Drought conditions. No reports of…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 9 to 11 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts were in the 45 to 50 mph range with a peak wind gust of 50 mph at Windy Point.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 9 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds generally gusted in the 35 to 45 mph range with a peak wind gust of 48 mph at Windy Point on March 31 at 22:10. During the April portion of the event, the peak wind gust at Windy Point was 46 mph at 2:40 on April 1.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 9 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds generally gusted in the 35 to 45 mph range with a peak wind gust of 48 mph at Windy Point on March 31 at 22:10. During the April portion of the event, the peak wind gust at Windy Point was 46 mph at 2:40 on April 1.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Generally 8 to 14 inches of snow fell across the area with half the area receiving a foot or more. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 60 mph range with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at UT43W Stateline.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Generally 20 to 24 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 50 mph range with a peak wind gust of 70 mph at Little Mountain on March 6 at 15:40.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts were in the 45 to 57 mph range at elevations at or above 8,000 feet.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 13 inches of snow fell across the area.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 9 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted 40 to 55 mph at some Highway 191 and Highway 43 sites.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Generally 10 to 13 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds stayed below 45 mph.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Speirs Fire started in mid July due to a lightning strike 3 miles south of Dutch John, Utah which is south of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The fire grew to 715 acres before it was contained in mid to late August. The estimated cost was $9,609,000 to date.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Speirs Fire started in mid July due to a lightning strike 3 miles south of Dutch John, Utah which is south of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The fire grew to 715 acres before it was contained in mid to late August. The estimated cost was $9,609,000 to date.
High Wind High Wind
Gusts across the eastern Uinta Mountains ranged from 45 mph to the peak gust of 75 mph during the day on the 17th. The peak gust was recorded at the Utah Department of Highways mesonet site Sr-43 at Mp 0.5 West Stateline, close to the Wyoming border, west of the town of Manila.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted in the 45 to 55 mph range with a peak wind gust of 61 mph at UT43W Stateline.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted in the 40 to 50 mph range on March 31st.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 2 to 4 inches of snow fell across the area with up to 8 inches of snow at Mosby Mountain. Winds gusted in the 30 to 40 mph range on average with a peak gust of 49 at Little Mountain.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts of up to 15 inches at Hickerson Park, which is favored in northeast flow.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 1 to 2 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts up to 10 inches at Hickerson Park, which is favored in northeast flow.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Generally 12 to 15 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts were in the 45 to 60 mph range.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts generally were in the 20 to 35 mph range with a peak gust of 44 mph, staying below 45 mph.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Generally 12 to 24 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds generally gusted 35 to 45 mph with peak gusts of 50 to 65 mph on February 7.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts were generally 15 to 35 mph with 45 to 50 mph gusts observed at West Stateline.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 7 to 13 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds less than 45 mph, peaking at 40 mph.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 5 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area with 10 to 12 inches on the eastern side and 5 to 7 inches on the western side. Locally higher amount up to 13 inches estimated at Kings Cabin SNOTEL site.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area, much of that in 12 hours or less.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Generally 10 to 24 inches of snow fell with locally higher amounts of up to 34 inches estimated at the Hickerson Park SNOTEL site.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area, much of that within 12 hours or less.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013 | 25 | 0 |
| 2012 | 27 | 0 |
| 2011 | 21 | 0 |
| 2010 | 27 | 0 |
| 2009 | 20 | 0 |
| 2008 | 30 | 0 |
| 2007 | 25 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | 0 |
| 2005 | 34 | 0 |
| 2004 | 31 | 0 |
| 2003 | 31 | 0 |
| 2002 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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