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EF0 tornado in Multnomah County, Oregon

Tornado September 8, 2019 · Multnomah County, Oregon

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

120 yd

Path width

$8K

Damage as recorded

$2K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 120 yards (0.07 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

An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with winds of 65 mph, touched down in farmland. This caused damage to the farmland which grew corn and pumpkins. It also damaged barn doors, 19 solar panels, and caused tree damage.

The wider storm

A strong thunderstorm moved into the area, and produced an EF-0 Tornado.

Began near River Jct (45.6078, -122.8707).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 856908. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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