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A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in
southeastern Utah over the span of an hour starting around 12:35
p.m. Saturday, according to meteorologist Kris Sanders with the
National Weather Service’s office in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The paths of the tornadoes that touched down near Montezuma
Creek likely covered less than 10 miles (16 kilometers), but the
weather service hadn’t yet determined their exact tracks or wind
speeds, Sanders said by telephone. A survey may be conducted
Monday, he said Sunday.
Three homes in the area were demolished in the storm, Navajo
Nation President Buu Nygren said in a social media post. The
27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometer) reservation
stretches into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and is the largest
of any Native American tribe.
No injuries were reported, but an unknown number of livestock
and pets were reported missing, the Navajo Police Department
said in a social media post. Images posted by the department
showed the towering column of a tornado surrounded by dark
clouds and also a flattened home surrounded by debris.
Tornadoes are pretty unusual in that part of Utah, Sanders said,
noting that the weather service had only confirmed two there
since 1950.
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