EF0 Tornado — Douglas, Oregon

2013-06-18 · near Winchester, Douglas, Oregon

Event narrative

A neighbor witnessed the tornado for about 1 minute. She heard a very loud noise and looked out the window where she saw 'a funnel cloud on the ground' whipping around very fast and blowing apart a carport canopy sheltering a boat. The carport canopy was held down by four-gallon sized buckets filled with water. These buckets went flying into the boat and fence. The boat received a gash, and the metal pipe fence rail was broken. A satellite dish on the roof was also turned 90 degrees. The tornado then moved into an empty field and dissipated. There was no damage to the house, but the Christmas lights were pulled down.

Wider weather episode

On Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 330 pm PDT an EF0 tornado with winds between 65 and 85 mph occurred 4 miles northwest of Roseburg in Douglas County, Oregon. This is the first documented tornado to occur in Douglas County based on the Storm Prediction Center's (SPC) database going back to 1950.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 449258. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.