ILWACO, Wash. — The first tornado to strike Pacific County in nearly 30 years was reported on Friday near Ilwaco, according to the National Weather Service. The tornado touched down just after 8 p.m. near Redwing Way north of the Port of Ilwaco Airport. It crossed northeast through a housing subdivision and the Wallacut River…
1 year later: Recovery continues after EF2 tornado ripped through DeSoto County
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The third largest outbreak of tornados on record swept across the south on this morning one year ago, hitting parts of Arkansas and Mississippi. The aftermath caused an estimated $1.7 billion dollars in damage. Mississippi saw its share of damage in four counties: DeSoto, Bolivar, Sunflower, and Washington. Just minutes before 5:00…
Strange but true: Seattle NWS has issued more tornado warnings in 2020 than Wichita
SEATTLE — Here is another crazy weather statistic to toss into the pile in a year full of them: Our area is leading parts of Kansas in tornado warnings so far this year. WHAT??!? It’s true: The National Weather Service office in Seattle has issued 4 Tornado Warnings so far this year — even stranger,…
Rare tornado touches down near Richland
A small tornado appeared to touch down near north Richland on Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The agency was emailed photos and videos that show a rotating dark cloud column that appears to touch the ground. Meteorologists checked their radar images and saw possible evidence of a tornado between 2:30 and 2:45…
NWS confirms weak tornado touched down in Thurston County
GRAND MOUND, Wash. — A brief, weak tornado touched down Friday afternoon in Thurston County. The National Weather Service said video sent to them by residents showed the cloud touchdown in a field southeast of Grand Mound, south of the Tenino Grand Mound Road. It happened at about 2 p.m. There were no reports of…
Tornado in Washington State Was Rated EF-U. Here’s What That Means
Tornadoes rarely hit Washington state, but one was confirmed there on Friday, and the location where it briefly touched down prevented it from being assigned a rating. Friday’s tornado struck southeast of Grand Mound, Washington, at 1:57 p.m. PDT and was less than 50 feet wide and traveled on the ground fewer than 100 feet.…
Rare Tornado In Washington State Causes ‘Catastrophic’ Damage
SEATTLE (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in a Seattle suburb on Tuesday, damaging several homes and toppling trees, authorities said. Based on radar imagery and video evidence, a tornado touched down south of Port Orchard shortly before 2 p.m., said Brent Bower, hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle. There were no…
Are tornadoes becoming more common in the Pacific Northwest?
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thursday started out like any other typical Northwest day, but as rain and hail moved in, everything changed when two EF-0 tornadoes popped up in Aurora and Vancouver. No one was injured, but there were some reports of damage, including downed power lines and flipped planes at the Aurora State Airport. “They…
At least 4 tornadoes hit Virginia on Thursday; one crossed the Pentagon and National Mall
At least four tornadoes hit Virginia on Thursday, but strong straight-line gusts also damaged trees and structures across the state. Tidewater area At 12:09 p.m. Thursday, an EF-1 tornado with 90 mph winds struck Irvington in Lancaster County. Though it lasted for only about three minutes, the tornado carved a 2.7-mile-long path of damage that…
The tornado in Monroe was small and rare, but Washington state is no stranger to twisters
Tornado alley it’s not, but Washington state is no stranger to twisters. “We average just shy of two tornadoes a year,” said Ted Buehner, a warning-coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service. That adds up to 120 twisters from 1950 until last year, according to storm event data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…