EF0 Tornado — Douglas, Washington

2016-07-22 · near Mold, Douglas, Washington

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Two separate reports from the public, both with video, noted a tornado approximately 5 miles north northwest of Mold, WA.

Wider weather episode

Wet thunderstorms moving to the north and northeast at 20 mph produced heavy rainfall over parts of the East Slopes and North Cascades including parts of the Okanogan Valley. The resulting heavy rainfall produced some debris flows and Flash floods near Methow, Brewster and Carlton in Okanogan County of Washington. Later on in the day this same disturbance produced more severe thunderstorms with two tornadoes occurring, one near Mould, WA and a second near Airway Heights, WA along with a number of fallen trees in the Spokane area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 638334. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.