1963: A tornado in Bountiful ripped the roof from Bountiful Elementary School, doing $20,000 damage and scattering debris over a half-mile area. The tornado hit a house across the street, tearing the roof off and dropping it on a car next door. It then skipped over a half block and ripped the roof off a shed, carrying it across the owner's home and depositing it 200 yards away in a small orchard. It then tore the limbs off a box elder tree and broke off a three-foot diameter cottonwood just above the ground, throwing it across another residence. The tornado touched ground again two blocks away, destorying a two-car cinderblock garage. The tornado then skipped about a half-mile uphill, where it completely destoryed one home under construction and damaged several others. Several sheets of 3/4-inch plywood were peeled from a nearby lumber stack and were carried over 300 feet; one was driven six inches into a telephone pole. Following the tornado, 3/4 to 1-inch hailstones broke windows and damaged several cars. No injuries were reported. *
*(Source: Mark Eubank's UTAH WEATHER, By: Mark Eubank and R. Clayton Brough).
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