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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2026, 1:44 PM MDT for Davis County, Morgan County, Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Sep 18, 2026, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2026, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Davis County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Weber County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 W Kaysville, UT | From a picture shared with our office via social media, reported as Kaysville just west of I-15. |
| Sep 18, 1:52 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 E Fruit Heights, UT | Tornado seen in video shared on social media, showing rotation reaching the ground and debris being lofted into the air. The point that it touched down was near a summit along the ridgeline extending west from Francis Peak around 7,500 feet elevation. Time is |
| Sep 18, 2:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 W Layton, UT | Public report of measured half-dollar sized hail. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
910
WFUS55 KSLC 181944
TORSLC
UTC011-029-057-182015-
/O.NEW.KSLC.TO.W.0004.260918T1944Z-260918T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
144 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Weber County in northern Utah...
Northeastern Davis County in northern Utah...
West central Morgan County in northern Utah...
* Until 215 PM MDT.
* At 144 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Farmington, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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...
Layton, Morgan, and South Weber around 150 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mountain Green, Portersville, East Layton, Stoddard, Peterson, Fruit
Heights, Richville, and Snowbasin.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 15 between mile markers 322 and 332.
Interstate 84 between mile markers 88 and 105.
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 4094 11197 4105 11203 4124 11177 4098 11159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 238DEG 27KT 4101 11190
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
BW2 follow-up statements
463
WWUS55 KSLC 181958
SVSSLC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
158 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026
UTC011-029-057-182015-
/O.CON.KSLC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260918T2015Z/
Weber UT-Davis UT-Morgan UT-
158 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WEBER...NORTHEASTERN DAVIS AND WEST CENTRAL MORGAN
COUNTIES...
At 158 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Morgan, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Morgan around 205 PM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Peterson, Mountain Green, and Stoddard.
This includes Interstate 84 between mile markers 90 and 102.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4102 11188 4110 11193 4124 11177 4106 11164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 238DEG 27KT 4107 11178
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
BW810 WWUS55 KSLC 182007 SVSSLC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 207 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026 UTC011-029-057-182016- /O.EXP.KSLC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260918T2015Z/ Weber UT-Davis UT-Morgan UT- 207 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WEBER...NORTHEASTERN DAVIS AND WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM MDT... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for west central Morgan County and south central Weber County. LAT...LON 4102 11188 4110 11193 4124 11177 4106 11164 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 238DEG 27KT 4109 11174 $$ BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Wasatch | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Summit, Wasatch | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sanpete | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Summit | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Sanpete | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Summit | 20 min |
| Sep 17, 8:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sanpete | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Rich | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 9:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Utah | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 10:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Wasatch | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 11:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Rich | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 5:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Box Elder | 39 min |
| Sep 18, 5:57 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Box Elder | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 6:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Utah | 39 min |
| Sep 18, 6:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Box Elder | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 6:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 7:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Cache | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 7:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Carbon, Emery | 40 min |
| Sep 18, 7:40 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Wasatch | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 7:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Utah | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Cache | 40 min |
| Sep 18, 8:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Carbon | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 8:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 40 min | |
| Sep 18, 8:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 51 min |
| Sep 18, 9:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Tooele | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 9:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Utah | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 10:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 41 min | |
| Sep 18, 10:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Morgan, Summit | 43 min |
| Sep 18, 10:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Box Elder | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 11:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Tooele | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 11:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Weber | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 11:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Cache | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 11:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 46 min | |
| Sep 18, 12:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Davis | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 12:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Carbon | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sanpete | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Davis | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Weber | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 42 min |
| Sep 18, 1:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Carbon | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Morgan, Weber | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Carbon | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sanpete | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Weber | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Rich | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Duchesne | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Cache, Morgan, Rich, Weber | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 2:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Emery | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Carbon | 42 min |
| Sep 18, 2:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Davis, Weber | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Carbon | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Carbon | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Davis, Salt Lake | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 4:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Salt Lake | 3 hr |
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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.