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EF0 tornado in Lane County, Oregon

Tornado April 14, 2015 · Lane County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 Lane Community College Official witnessed a rain wrapped tornado that significantly damaged three vehicles. One vehicle was moved around 125 feet and ended upside down on a berm in a parking lot. Estimated wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph is needed to move a car which rates the tornado as an EF0.

The wider storm

A tornado touched down on the Lane Community College Campus damaging three vehicles.

Began near Eugene (44.0132, -123.0288).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 565337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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