F0 tornado in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Tornado December 22, 1997 · Grays Harbor County, Washington

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

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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.

The wider storm

The weak tornado caused little damage. It ripped up a section of fencing and dropped it 25 ft from its original location and some other debris was blown around.

Began near Westport (46.8300, -124.0800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5621157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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