NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Roosevelt, 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 Roosevelt, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Roosevelt
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on August 11, 1993; its path came within 6 miles. Of the 5, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2009. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Roosevelt. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 8 times since 1965, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Roosevelt.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Roosevelt
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s2(1 EF3+)
- 1980s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1993 | F3 | 6 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2009 | EF0 | 19 mi | 2.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1990 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1988 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 11, 1984 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Roosevelt
The Storm Prediction Center has 8 hail reports within 10 miles of Roosevelt since 1965, made on 7 separate days. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on June 26, 1965. The most recent report is from June 27, 2024.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Roosevelt
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Roosevelt Radio, UT, 4 miles southeast of Roosevelt at 5,014 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 52°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 2°F. September is the wettest at 1.0 inches of precipitation on average and February and November the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 7.4 inches over 24 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 59 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 190 nights a year. Snowfall averages 16.4 inches a year, most of it in January and December. That 7.4 inches is more than at 1 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (2%). Duchesne, 26 miles southwest, has its own station (Duchesne, UT): 9.4 inches a year, 2.0 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.2 |
| Feb | 40 | 10 | 0.4 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Mar | 56 | 22 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Apr | 66 | 29 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.7 |
| May | 76 | 38 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 45 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 52 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 41 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 29 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 49 | 18 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 34 | 6 | 0.5 | 2 | 5.2 |
| Year | 64 | 28 | 7.4 | 24 | 16.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Roosevelt Radio, UT (5,014 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 Roosevelt
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 8 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Roosevelt: 6 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $210,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 63 mph, on June 20, 2017.
September 22, 2016: flood 1 mile from the centre of Roosevelt — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Flash flooding was reported across Roosevelt, with the worst flooding along State Street. Multiple homes and businesses experienced flood damage, though most of the residential flooding occurred in yards and driveways.”
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
Duchesne County, which includes Roosevelt, has been named in 8 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 2 floods, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Duchesne County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $5.5 million a year, the 18th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.5 million (47%), 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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