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EF0 tornado in Spokane County, Washington

Tornado April 18, 2024 · Spokane County, Washington

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

5 yd

Path width

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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 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

Observer reported a small stationary landspout.

The wider storm

Weak convective cell generated a very small, weak landspout in Airway Heights.

Began near Lyons (47.6571, -117.5586).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1176065. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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