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F0 tornado in Klamath County, Oregon

Tornado April 17, 2004 · Klamath County, Oregon

F0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
0 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

See below.

The wider storm

A member of the general public photographed and reported several very weak landspouts that occurred just south of the Klamath Falls airport at the above time and date. Three of them contacted the ground. This person reported the incident to the weathercaster at a local TV station and he relayed the information to us. These appear to be little more than glorified dust devils in the photographs, but it was a cool and mostly cloudy day and the person said they were connected to the clouds.No warnings were issued for these landspouts.

Began near Klamath Falls Arpt (42.1500, -121.7333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5389523. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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