Tornado Reports
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| 15:13Z | EF2 | KGJX | UT | Duchesne | Fruitland | A tornado developed near the summit of US-191 and Argyle Canyon |Road in remote southwestern Duchesne County at about 9200 feet. |Sporadic damage is noted in this area as it moved north over a |ridge line and into a valley adjacent to US-191 along Indian |Canyon.||The tornado then descended down the length of the valley from |about 9200 feet to a creek adjacent to US-191 at an elevation of |about 8500 feet. Over this period, both the strength and and width|of the tornado increased substantially with a continuous damage |path through a mixed aspen and conifer forest. The maximum damage |was found in this area and was significant. Almost all trees over |a large hillside facing the road were violently blown down, |snapped, or topped into a clearly convergent axis. Several tree |tops were desposited along the creek and road with no clear |indicatation as to where they orginated.||The tornado then crossed US-191 and ascended the hillside from |about 8500 feet to another ridge on the northwest side of the road|to an elevation of about 9100 feet. Considerable damage was noted|immediately north of US-191 where numerous trees were snapped or |uprooted, although not to the severe extent noted on the south |side of the road. Damage decreased considerably up the hillside to|the top of the 9100 foot ridge line with more sporadic toppled |trees.||A few toppled trees were noted into the next basin over the ridge|on the north side of the road, marking the last discernible |damage from the tornado, and the end of the 2 mile damage path. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).