Uintah storm history

At 4:50 PM MDT, the mesonet site PC353 Vernal West recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. This was associated with a passing thunderstorm that also produced a wind gust to 48 mph at the KVEL ASOS at Vernal Airport, on the other side of town. No reports of damages, injuries, or fatalitie…

At 1322 MST on September 16, a trained spotter reported 1 inch diameter hail 9 miles ESE of Whiterocks, Utah.

A strong thunderstorm over the Eastern Uinta Mountains produced outflow winds up to 59 mph, which was a measured peak wind gust at the Vernal Regional Airport at 1444 MST.

A strong thunderstorm passed over Naples area in Uintah County and produced hail up to nickel size.

Showers and thunderstorms formed over the higher terrain of northeastern Utah on the afternoon of August 7. As these storms developed, there were enhanced by some upper level support in the form of a passing wave and an upper level jet. This allowed the storms to grow strong enou…

With just enough moisture to work with, showers and thunderstorms began to form on the higher terrain around the Uinta Basin early in the afternoon of August 7. These storms received some upper level support in the form of a passing shortwave and a modest upper level jet, which a…

Showers and thunderstorms initially formed over the adjacent higher terrain of the eastern Uinta Mountains, before drifting over the Uinta Basin. As these storms moved over the town of Vernal, they produced wind gusts of 45-60 mph. The peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the…

A strong to severe thunderstorm moved through Vernal on the afternoon of the 21st, producing some strong wind gusts. The only severe wind gust recorded with this event was the 72 mph gust recorded at KVEL ASOS at the Vernal Airport at 4:12 PM MDT. No reports of wind damage were r…

Whenever enough moisture and instability is present, a thunderstorm forms along the Utah Tavaputs near the McCook Ridge RAWS site. On this day, this RAWS site captured a wind gust to 81 mph at 1:27 MDT from the nearby thunderstorm. This storm also likely produced some small hail,…

A peak wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Vernal Regional Airport.

A peak wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at Asphalt Ridge, 3 miles southwest of Vernal.

Quarter-sized hail fell 1 mile west-northwest of Maeser in Uintah County.

Heavy runoff in the Maeser area led to some basements being flooded in town.

A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Vernal Regional Airport.

A peak wind gust of 72 mph was measured by the McCook Ridge automated weather station.

A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured by the P.R. Canyon automated weather station.

A peak wind gust of 66 mph was measured by the Wildhorse automated weather station.

A severe thunderstorm produced large hail estimated to be the size of quarters on the Seep Ridge Wildfire.

A peak wind gust of 74 mph was measured by the Diamond Rim automated weather station.

The automated weather station at the Vernal Regional Airport recorded a peak wind gust of 59 MPH.

Multiple trained spotters and members of the public observed nickel-sized hail in Vernal, mainly in the northwest portion of the city and in the downtown area.

Penny-sized hail was observed northwest of Maeser.

A thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall over northern Uintah County. As a result, localized small stream flooding occurred on the west side of Maeser near Service Road 121 in the Yellow Hill area.

A high-based thunderstorm produced strong outflow winds.

The town of Vernal received 2.26 inches of rain while 2.59 inches was measured in Ballard from a persistent period of rainfall. There were numerous reports of flooding across the area. Some houses were flooded and many roads were inundated. Some streets were closed due to the flo…

Quarter-size hail was reported on top of Whiterocks Mountain. The hail accumulated to 3 inches deep in some areas.

A funnel cloud was reported with a severe thunderstorm moving into far western Uinta County near the Leland Bench and Pelican Lake area.

A couple from Kansas observed and recorded a funnel cloud from a strong thunderstorm with rotation. An elevated ridgeline existed between the funnel and the eyewitnesses, such that the base of the funnel cloud extended below the ridgeline which prevented any determination of how …

Severe thunderstorm gusts brought down power lines and snapped off large tree limbs in excess of 6 inches in diameter.

Several residences in the western portion of Maeser experienced flash flooding, and street flooding was reported in much of Maeser. A road was also washed out in Dry Fork Canyon to the north of town.

Flash flooding occurred in a residential section of Maeser, with street flooding also reported in nearby areas. Most of the flood damage occurred to landscaping.

Hailstones up to the size of ping pong balls fell across sections of the Maeser area. Minor damage was reported mainly to vehicles.

Hail accumulated up to two inches deep on Highway 191 and minor flooding was reported in the area.

Large hail flattened gardens, dented a number of vehicles, and broke windows.

Large hail flattened gardens, dented a number of vehicles, and broke some windows.

Several areas of flash flooding were observed along Highway 191.

The main stem of the Green River remained under flood conditions through July 4th, followed by lowering water levels through July 13th and included the stretch of the river from the confluence with the Yampa to near Ouray, Utah. The main impacts to the high flow was to agricultur…

Thunderstorm winds gust to 60 mph were accompanied by pea size hail at Bonanza.

Heavy runoff from record snowpack kept rivers and creeks across Unitah County running at elevated to over bankfull conditions through much of June. The Green River exceeded flood stage on June 1st at the Jensen river gage, briefly fell below this mark between the 2nd and the 3rd,…

A Uintah Basin resident photographed a funnel cloud near Whiterocks.

Thunderstorm winds extended across a large portion of the eastern Uintah Basin and brought down numerous trees and power lines. Downed trees in the Lapoint area damaged a vehicle and home. Small hail was also reported with this line of storms, as well as numerous small lightning …

Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused water from Deep Creek to flow over a 70 foot section of Deep Creek Road near Lapoint.

Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported.

Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter pummelled the area.