EFU Tornado — San Juan, Utah

2024-06-21 · near La Sal Jct, San Juan, Utah

0.5 mi

Path length

20 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Multiple photos and videos on social media from multiple angles indicated a brief spin up of a landspout on Highway 191 near Hole N The Rock, or about 16 miles south of Moab, UT. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

Very deep tropical moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto combined with monsoonal moisture was forced through eastern Utah and western Colorado due to a large high pressure ridge over the Central U.S. and a deep low pressure trough over the Great Basin. This deep moisture combined with strong instability and shear to produce widespread severe weather across eastern Utah and western Colorado with thunderstorms producing severe wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain which resulted in flash flooding and debris flows. One particular storm even produced a landspout tornado in southeast Utah. Frequent lightning also resulted in lightning damage in Montrose, Colorado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198124. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.