Funnel Cloud, Salt Lake
- When
- April 7, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, 5 mi N of Magna
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Clouds in Utah, April 7, 1998
2 funnel clouds were spotted just south of the Great Salt Lake near Magna.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 2
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 were spotted just south of the Great Salt Lake near Magna.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Salt Lake
- When
- April 7, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake County, 3 mi N of Magna
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.668, -111.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 27, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, April 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 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: 5665355, 5665356.