Thunderstorm Wind, Sanpete
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sanpete County, Gunnison
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -111.817
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Utah, May 24, 2000
A severe thunderstorm spawned a small tornado as it made its way through Sanpete County. An eyewitness spotted the F0 tornado as it touched down just south of Highway 89, about 5 miles east of Gunnison.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 severe thunderstorm spawned a small tornado as it made its way through Sanpete County. An eyewitness spotted the F0 tornado as it touched down just south of Highway 89, about 5 miles east of Gunnison. It crossed the highway, pelting the eyewitnesses car with mud and debris and causing some power lines to arc. The tornado was on the ground for only a few minutes. As the thunderstorm continued to track northward, Manti clocked 60mph (52kts) winds, with tree damage noted at the LDS Temple in town. Trees were also blown over in Spring City and Mt. Pleasant. There was also some damage to one home and a city building in Mt. Pleasant from the thunderstorm winds. Several turkey barns were also damaged in Fairview.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sanpete
- When
- May 24, 5:45 PM MST to 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Sanpete County, Gunnison
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -111.817
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Utah, 2000Warnings in Utah, May 2000
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: 5178477, 5178476.