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Rare, high-elevation tornado hits Utah mountainside at nearly 2,300 metres
When you're living near a mountainside, one of the last things you would expect to see moving fast at higher elevations would be a tornado, but that's what happened in Utah on Friday.
According to the Salt Lake City, Utah, branch of the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a rare, strong twister occurred near Fruit Heights, Utah. The funnel first made contactwith the ground near a summit along the ridgeline extending west from Francis Peak, at an elevation of about 7,500 feet (almost 2,300 metres).
Tornadoes are uncommon at very high elevation due to drier air and less favourable thunderstorm dynamics.
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A confirmed tornado touched down Friday in the mountains east of Fruit Heights, Utah, with astonishing video capturing the twister on the ground. The National Weather Service said the tornado touched down shortly after 1:50 p.m. MDT along a ridge line near Francis Peak in Davis County at an elevation of about 7,500 feet, as severe thunderstorms moved through northern Utah.
Viral video of a tornado spinning along a ridge near Fruit Heights, Utah, at an estimated elevation of 7,500 feet captivated the internet, but the impressive twister falls well short of the highest-elevation tornado documented in the United States.
While high-elevation tornadoes are rare, capturing and documenting them well enough for National Weather Service confirmation is even more difficult.
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Video confirms tornado in Davis County, as severe storms pass through Utah
FRUIT HEIGHTS — Federal forecasters say video confirms that a tornado touched down in the Utah mountains east of Fruit Heights, after weather spotters reported a funnel cloud and radar indicated the potential for tornadic activity Friday afternoon.
A video that TJ Ward sent to KSL Weather appears to show a tornado that touched down near Bair Canyon. The video has also circulated on social media, showing "rotation reaching the ground and debris being lofted into the air," the National Weather Service wrote in the report.
"The point that it touched down was near a summit along the ridgeline extending west from Francis Peak around 7,500 feet elevation," it added, noting that it estimates that it touched down shortly after 1:50 p.m., using radar and other information to estimate the time and location.
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