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Tornado Hits Salt Lake City
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| At 1 PM MDST, August
11, 1999, a rare tornado passed through downtown Salt Lake City,
Utah. The National Weather Service has surveyed the damage and has
rated it as an F-2 tornado, which would be the strongest tornado ever observed
in Utah. The entire state of Utah only averages 2 tornadoes a year
and has never recorded a tornado stronger than an F-2, so this was certainly
an unusual event. There were numerous injuries and one fatality as
the tornado struck an outdoor exhibition hall across the street from the
Wyndham Hotel. Windows were blown out of the Delta center and spectacular
video was shot of the actual tornado by a television station located within
a few hundred yards of the tornado's path. This is the first tornado
fatality ever in the state of Utah.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Plains Climate Center |
