F0 Tornado — Lake, Oregon

2005-08-21 · near Summer Lake, Lake, Oregon

Event narrative

Lake County 911 called and relayed a report from a woman in Christmas Valley of several funnel clouds, one of which was touching the ground. The 911 dispatcher passed along her phone number. The woman was called and a tornado was verified. She stated that there were several funnel clouds extending down from a cloud, and one of the funnel clouds was touching the ground with a dust cloud at the point of contact. She estimated the tornado was 3 miles west of Christmas Valley.

Wider weather episode

Based on the above report, a Tornado Warning was issued for the Christmas Valley area of Lake County at 21/1609 PDT, expiring at 21/1645 PDT. No reports of damage, injuries, or deaths.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5470230. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.