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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

Overview

Two EF1 tornadoes were produced between Weston and Tollgate in the northern Blue mountains of Oregon from a severe thunderstorm that moved roughly east along Oregon route 204. These two tornadoes occurred roughly between 140 PM PDT and 155 PM PDT. The first tornado occurred roughly 8 miles east of Weston and had an estimated travel length between 1.75 and 2.0 miles. A second tornado was determined to have occurred from the same storm roughly three quarters of a mile to the east with a travel length of less than a mile. Both tornadoes were EF1 based on estimated wind speeds and corresponding damage.

 

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