Tornado in San Juan County, Utah
Tornado September 13, 2025 · San Juan County, Utah
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The first, of the two tornadoes, was short lived as noted by a resident's video footage
narration, along with information from local emergency management and law
enforcement.
The wider storm
A round of severe thunderstorms moved across a portion of southeast Utah which generated two confirmed tornadoes in San Juan County, Utah on Saturday, Sept 13, 2025. The first tornado was a quick spin-up and very short lived, as noted by a resident's video footage narration, along with information from local emergency management and law enforcement.
A second, more well developed tornado, developed five minutes after the first tornado dissipated and formed in a location near the first tornado. The second tornado was well documented by local officials and video footage to have remained nearly stationary throughout its duration before finally dissipating. Both events were located north of Montezuma Creek.
The entire event lasted around one hour and 20 minutes, with the first tornado
beginning around 12:30pm and the second tornado dissipating by 1:50pm MDT.
Began near Montezuma Creek (37.3300, -109.2600).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1295647. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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