Funnel Cloud, Cache
- When
- August 20, 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cache County, Wellsville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.722, -111.744 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado in Utah, August 20, 1998
A tornado touched down in the Weber Memorial Campground in eastern Weber county. 6 people camping were injured from flying debris.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- 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.
A tornado touched down in the Weber Memorial Campground in eastern Weber county. 6 people camping were injured from flying debris. A funnel cloud was observed in the Wellsville area in Cache county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Weber
- When
- August 20, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Weber County, 25 mi E of Ogden
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -111.480
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 20, 1998
- Hail in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, August 20, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Utah, 1998Warnings in Utah, August 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: 5663894, 5663893.