Tornado Warning Utah: Severe Storms Bring Tornado Threat And Ping-Pong-Sized Hail To Northern Parts, Residents Asked To ‘Take Cover Now’- Possible Flash Flooding

By: Zaini Majeed Last Updated: September 19, 2026 02:24:03 IST A fast-moving and aggressive severe storm system swept across northern Utah, triggering urgent tornado warnings and blanketing parts of Davis County and the Wasatch Front with destructive, ping-pong-sized hail. The sudden atmospheric destabilisation caught motorists and residents off guard, forcing emergency management officials to issue immediate shelter-in-place directives as rotating supercells tracked across densely populated corridors. The National Weather Service issued successive emergency alerts as radar signatures detected prominent rotation within the storm clouds. A funnel cloud has been observed with this storm over northern Davis county! Communities from Layton down to surrounding northern suburbs experienced torrential downpours that overwhelmed urban drainage systems within minutes, creating dangerous standing water on major regional highways, including Interstate 15.

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