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F0 tornado in Clatsop County, Oregon

Tornado February 13, 1994 · Clatsop County, Oregon

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

$500

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A small tornado touched down during a thunderstorm at Kamper's West Park near Warrenton at 0834 PST. The twister lifted about 20 wooden picnic tables up to 40 feet in the air and dumped them about 200 yards east of the area.

Began near Warrenton (46.1700, -123.9200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10344251. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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