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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2026, 5:46 PM MDT for Tooele County, Utah. It was in force for 26 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2026, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2026, 6:12 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Tooele County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Clover, UT | Up to 20 power poles downed in the area between Clover and St John in the Rush Valley. |
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Clover, UT | Shingles uplifted and blown off roofs of houses and outbuildings in Saint John in the Rush Valley. |
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 5 W Clover, UT | Mesonet station UTJPS Johnsons Pass. |
| Aug 13, 6:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wsw Stockton, UT | Tooele County EM reported quarter size hail in South Rim. Time estimated from radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148
WFUS55 KSLC 132346
TORSLC
UTC045-140030-
/O.NEW.KSLC.TO.W.0002.260813T2346Z-260814T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
546 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Tooele County in northern Utah...
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 546 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Skull Valley, or 13 miles southwest of
Grantsville, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Tooele Army Depot around 550 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Rush
Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4029 11275 4044 11277 4054 11240 4025 11237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 245DEG 43KT 4043 11259
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
BW2 follow-up statements
425
WWUS55 KSLC 140001
SVSSLC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
601 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026
UTC045-140030-
/O.CON.KSLC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260814T0030Z/
Tooele UT-
601 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TOOELE COUNTY...
At 601 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Tooele Army Depot, or near Tooele, moving northeast
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Tooele County, including the following locations... Rush
Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 11261 4048 11262 4054 11240 4033 11238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 245DEG 43KT 4051 11237
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
BW036 WWUS55 KSLC 140012 SVSSLC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 612 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026 UTC045-140022- /O.CAN.KSLC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260814T0030Z/ Tooele UT- 612 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TOOELE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for eastern Tooele County. LAT...LON 4035 11261 4048 11262 4054 11240 4033 11238 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 245DEG 43KT 4057 11221 $$ BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:16 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Washington | 113 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Kane | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 9:40 AM MDT | Flood Watch | SLC | Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane and 6 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 3:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Tooele | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 3:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Garfield, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Kane | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Millard | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Tooele | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Tooele | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Juab, Tooele | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 5:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | SLC | Tooele | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Tooele | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | SLC | Tooele | 34 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.