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EF1 tornado in Yamhill County, Oregon

Tornado June 13, 2013 · Yamhill County, Oregon

EF1
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
53 yd
Path width
$100K
Crop damage
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 53 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 tornado touched down near the intersection of 14th St. and NE Kirby St. in McMinnville Oregon. Several 8-10 inch diameter trees were snapped at this location. The tornado continued Southeast for one block through a residential neighborhood with some tree damage noted. The tornado lifted a camper and deposited it over a chain link fence in a nearby industrial area and lofted 300 pound trellises. This damage was consistent with EF1 wind speeds. The tornado dissipated as it moved Southeast of 11th Ave and Lafayette. Some straight line wind damage was noted at a nearby park after this time.

The wider storm

A cool area of low pressure moved across Western Oregon producing several funnel clouds and one confirmed tornado.

Began near Mc Minnville (45.2176, -123.1871).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 457435. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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