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EF0 tornado in Morrow County, Oregon

Tornado April 14, 2011 · Morrow County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$500

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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

EF0 tornado, which was spotted by a resident, caused damage to a pump house on the farm south southwest of Lexington. Insulation was seen twisting up in the air and 2x4s from the pump house landed 100 yards to the southeast. Pea sized hail was seen prior to the damage and thunder was heard 10 minutes prior to the damage. Trees, grass, and weeds were seen blowing in various directions.

The wider storm

An unstable but strong west to northwest flow aloft produced scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening across eastern Oregon.

Began near Lexington (45.4208, -119.7096).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 292735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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