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EF0 tornado in Deschutes County, Oregon

Tornado April 13, 2017 · Deschutes County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Brief apparent tornado lifting tumble weeds on Jewell school grounds. Lasted about a minute and moved off into an empty field before dissipating. No damage reported. Also 1/2 inch of hail accumulation with stones around 1/4 to 3/8 inches in diameter. Track estimated.

The wider storm

A brief tornado was spotted and recorded by the public in the Bend area during a period showers and thunderstorms.

Began near Bend (44.0222, -121.2976).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 690720. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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