Funnel Cloud, Tooele
- When
- April 6, 2:30 PM MST to 2:33 PM MST
- Where
- Tooele County, 10 mi S of Tooele
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.449, -113.131 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Utah, April 6, 1998
2 funnel clouds (cold core) were observed over the southern end of the Tooele Army Depot.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
2 funnel clouds (cold core) were observed over the southern end of the Tooele Army Depot.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, April 6, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, April 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 6 to 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, April 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 6, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 6, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, April 6, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, April 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 6, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, April 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5665344.