NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Parowan, UT
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Parowan, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 6
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Parowan
The strongest of the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF1 on September 22, 2016; its path came within 22 miles. Of the 6, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on April 18, 2025. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 67% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Parowan. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 3 times since 1970, with stones up to 0.88 inches (nickel size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 82% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Parowan.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Parowan
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s3
- 2000s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 22 mi | 0.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 8, 2000 | F0 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1967 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 10, 2017 | Unrated | 20 mi | 0.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Parowan
The Storm Prediction Center has 3 hail reports within 10 miles of Parowan since 1970. None of them reached 1 inch. The largest, 0.88 inches (nickel size), fell on July 18, 2015, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Parowan
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cedar City 5E, UT, 18 miles southwest of Parowan at 6,465 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 42°F and 19°F. February is the wettest at 1.9 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 17.4 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 12 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 158 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 17.4 inches is more than at 34 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (59%). Panguitch, 25 miles east, has its own station (Panguitch, UT): 10.5 inches a year, 6.9 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 20 | 1.5 | 4 | 10.3 |
| Feb | 45 | 22 | 1.9 | 5 | 12.8 |
| Mar | 53 | 27 | 1.8 | 5 | 9.2 |
| Apr | 60 | 32 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.0 |
| May | 69 | 40 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 80 | 48 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 85 | 56 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 55 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 47 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 36 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Nov | 52 | 27 | 1.2 | 3 | 6.0 |
| Dec | 42 | 19 | 1.8 | 4 | 10.9 |
| Year | 63 | 36 | 17.4 | 41 | 54.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cedar City 5E, UT (6,465 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Parowan
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Parowan: 12 flash floods and 3 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $460,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on June 13, 2026. July has had the most flash floods, 7 of 12. Of the 90 Utah cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Parowan.
July 25, 2021: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Parowan — $300,000 damage.
NWS: “The Iron County Emergency Manager reported six feet of water flowed over a flood control barrier in Paragonah, resulting in flash flooding in the city. Several homes were flooded.”
July 25, 2021: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Parowan — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The Iron County Emergency Manager reported flooding in Parowan. Floodwaters moved protective concrete barriers for the power plant and pushed them into the power plant building.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Iron County, which includes Parowan, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on December 23, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Iron County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $30.5 million a year, the 9th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.8 million (25%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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