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F0 tornado in Davis County, Utah

Tornado May 21, 1998 · Davis County, Utah

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$22K

Damage as recorded

$2K

Crop damage

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms ripped through the Wasatch Front on this date. Heavy rains combined with the spring runoff and caused flooding in Davis county during the morning hours. Several homes experienced basement and yard flooding from the 1-1.5" of rain that fell in the area. In the afternoon severe thunderstorms developed. Hail, microburst winds and 2 weak tornadoes caused damage.

Began near West Pt (41.1200, -112.0800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Weber County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5665272. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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