Utah, 1999

Tornado in Utah, September 3, 1999

September 3, 1999 · NWS GJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The tornado was witnessed by many people in the Naples area, including law enforcement personnel. Several mobile homes were damaged or destroyed.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$700,000
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 GJT wrote it up.

The tornado was witnessed by many people in the Naples area, including law enforcement personnel. Several mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. Several garages and sheds were destroyed, with heavy debris strewn for hundreds of yards. Power poles and trees were downed or pulled out of the ground, with some trees thrown up to a quarter mile away. Several houses were damaged from flying debris and fallen trees. A horse trailer was slammed against a structure. Gardens and hay pastures were leveled.

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 187 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Uintah

When
September 3, 2:15 PM MST to 2:25 PM MST
Where
Uintah County, Naples to 2 mi of Naples
Rating
F1
Path length
4 mi
Path width
50 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$700,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.400, -109.530

What these are

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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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: 5716742.