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F0 tornado in Clatsop County, Oregon

Tornado September 15, 1996 · Clatsop County, Oregon

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

Injury

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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.

The wider storm

A second waterspout formed off of the North Oregon Coast and moved ashore south of Astoria. The tornado crossed the Astoria Country Club, where it uprooted 2 trees and caused one minor injury to a club employee before dissipating east of highway 101.

Began near Seaside (46.0500, -123.9800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5572323. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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