NWS Forecast Office Salt Lake City, UT

At this moment (12:41 pm) 27 years ago, the Salt Lake City Tornado of 1999 touched down just west of downtown Salt Lake City. Over the next 14 minutes the tornado would intensify to F2 strength while carving a 4.3 mile path of damage through downtown Salt Lake City, injuring 80 people and resulting in one death. This event is a reminder that the Wasatch Front (and Utah as a whole) are not immune to tornadoes, even though they are relatively rare. Since the 1999 Salt Lake Tornado, some other notable tornadoes along the Wasatch Front have included the Washington Terrace Tornado of 2016 (EF1) and the Woods Cross Tornado of 2021 (EF1).