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EF0 tornado in Benton County, Washington

Tornado March 31, 2020 · Benton County, Washington

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 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

Multiple public videos of a weak landspout tornado on the north side of Richland, WA in an open area. No damage reported.

The wider storm

A landspout tornado touched down in Richland, WA on the afternoon of March 31st in an open area. The tornado was captured on video and appeared to be quite weak. No damage was reported.

Began near North Richland (46.3300, -119.2800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874452. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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