Midwest Chasing

From the Portland WFO:

..PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR VANCOUVER TORNADO

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON EARLIER TODAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SHORTLY AFTER
NOON NEAR VANCOUVER LAKE THEN MOVED NORTHEAST INTO HAZEL DELL WA.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES PLACE THE STRENGTH OF THIS TORNADO AS AN EF-1
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEEDS OF 90
TO 110 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WIDE WITH AN
INITIAL PATH LENGTH OF TWO MILES. IT APPEARS THAT THE TORNADO
LIFTED UP AND TOUCHED DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES…WITH THE LAST REPORT OF
TOUCHDOWN NEAR HOCKINSON WA AROUND 1240 PM.

DAMAGE REPORTS FROM THE INITIAL PATH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

- 200 TREES DOWN….MOST OF THE TREES WERE 12 TO 24 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WITH APPROXIMATELY 6 TREES IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES IN
DIAMETER. THE LARGEST TREE TOPPLED WAS 50 INCHES IN DIAMETER. SOME
OF THE FALLEN TREES RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES.

- 12 HOMES WERE DAMAGED…PRIMARILY ROOF DAMAGE.

- 4 POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF.

- A SEMI TRAILER WAS TIPPED OVER.