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EF0 tornado in Wallowa County, Oregon

Tornado July 12, 2016 · Wallowa County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 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 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

Photos of the tornado and information was submitted via email to us.

The wider storm

A thunderstorm produced a brief EF0 tornado in rural Wallowa County on July 12th. No other severe weather reports were received with this storm.

Began near Roberts Butte (45.5045, -117.0445).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 641333. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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