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Salt Lake City, Utah – Tornadoes are not as common in Utah compared to states in Tornado Alley, but they do occur, and when an alert is issued, residents may have only minutes to react.
According to the National Weather Service, tornadoes typically form between the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachians, and while Utah is on the western edge of that region, it still experiences several tornadoes each year, especially during the spring and summer months when warm air collides with cooler, drier air from the mountains…