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EF0 tornado in Clark County, Washington

Tornado October 11, 2023 · Clark County, Washington

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$1K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado confirmed by video appeared on the ground for less than 1 minute in La Center, WA. Trash cans and a basketball hoop were blown over, along with a few roof shingles seen swirling in the air.

The wider storm

A cool, unstable airmass moved across the region resulting in an EF-0 tornado touching down in La Center, WA.

Began near La Center (45.8755, -122.6892).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1145729. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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