Utah, 2000

Tornado in Utah, May 25, 2000

May 25, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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.

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Salt Lake

When
May 25, 5:20 PM MST to 5:25 PM MST
Where
Salt Lake County, Holladay
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.667, -111.817

A small tornado touched down in the Salt Lake City suburb of Holladay in the early evening hours. The F0 tornado ripped apart a sheet metal roof on the receiving dock of an Albertson's Supermarket, and a Goodyear Tire Store reported minor damage to the roof and a sign. Several cars at the tire store had their windows blown out as well. Luckily, there were no injuries reported.

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: 5178479.