Eastern Utah and Western Colorado Tornado Archive
2015-2025
Date: 6-6-15
Time: 5:40pm
Location: Southeast Utah
EF0
INFO: "At 5:40 pm a rare tornado touched down near Comb Ridge east of Monument Valley in southeast Utah. The tornado drifted slowly to the northeast and roped out lasting approximately 15 minutes. No damage occurred as the tornado traveled over the open desert. This rare mesocyclonic tornado formed on the southwest corner of an uncommon long-lived, single-cell storm on the Colorado Plateau. The storm formed in far northwest Arizona and traveled over 75 miles before dissipating in western Colorado. Due to the high-visibility location of the storm near tourist attractions in Monument Valley, there were numerous eye-witness accounts and photos of this rare event. The tornado was photographed from over 25 miles away in some cases."
Credit: Rjae Claw/NWS
Date: June 16*, 2015
Time:
Location: Elk Springs
EF2 (unofficially)
INFO: a second tornado touched down with some damage after the Mount Lena tornado from a different storm.
Credit: ("Utah Doesn't Get Tornadoes" pg. 891)
*Check Disclaimers for a note on the June 16th tornadoes
Date: July 20th, 2024
Time: 1pm MDT
Location: Verdure
EFU
INFO: a report of a landspout tornado was relyed to the NWS in Grand Junction, with confirmation coming from videos and images online and tv station KSL.
Date: July 2024
Time: ???
Location: SE Utah
EF??
INFO: image showed a ground circulation near Monticello.
Date: June 5, 2025
Time: 10:30 am MST
Location: 6 Miles SW of Grand County Airport
EFU
INFO: Was spotted and reported by a storm spotter. No damage was reported, only dirt was kicked up.
Date: 6-16-15
Time:
Location: Uintah County
EF0 (officially) EF3 (unofficially)
INFO: a rare landspout tornado (possibly super-cellular) touched down near Mount Lena, causing extensive tree damage before eventually being captured on video towards the end of its life cycle. the NWS did a survey of the damage only towards the end of its life, and found EF0 damage, but satellite imagery shows extensive tree damage, thus possibly showing a stronger tornado, as is retroactively done in "Utah Doesn't Get Tornadoes".
Credit: Alisa and Nate Reynolds/NWS ("Utah Doesn't Get Tornadoes" pg. 884-891)
Date: June 16*, 2015
Time:
Location: Leona Spring
EF1 (unofficially)
INFO: a third tornado touched down with some damage after the Mount Lena tornado and Elk Springs from a different storm.
Credit: ("Utah Doesn't Get Tornadoes" pg. 892)
*Check Disclaimers for a note on the June 16th tornadoes
Date: June 21st, 2024
Time:
Location: South of Moab, UT
EFU
INFO: A landspout tornado briefly touched down near Hole N a Rock South of Moab.
Credit: Deran Hall on Twitter/X
Date: July 12th, 2025
Time: 1:03pm
Location: La Sal, Utah
EF2
INFO: A rare fire tornado spawned by the Deer Creek fire.
Credit: NWS Grand Junction
Date: September 13, 2025
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Montezuma Creek
EFU
INFO: First of at least 2 tornadoes to touch down this day. Weak, short lived.
Date: September 13, 2025
Time: 12:58pm to 1:45pm
Location: Montezuma Creek
EF2
INFO: stronger of the 2 tornadoes from the day. Was seen from multiple people, as far as SW Colorado.
Image Credit: San Juan County
Date: September 13, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: NW of Mexican Hat
EFU
INFO: Landspout tornado seen NW of Mexican Hat, no damage reported. This was after to the two other landspouts that day in SE Utah (unsure if this was a different cell or the same tornado from Montezuma Creek)
Credit/Source: Blue Ayanami/Tornado Archive,