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EF0 tornado in Harney County, Oregon

Tornado June 1, 2019 · Harney County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

1.3 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

A tornado was observed and reported just South of French Glen. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A persistent trough of low pressure situated over northern Nevada coupled with warm, moist air aided in severe thunderstorm development, including a tornado, over parts of Southeast Oregon.

Began near Blitzen (42.6600, -119.0000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 832296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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