Washington State, USA - Rare Tornado EDIS CODE: TO-20140505-43624-USA Date & Time: 2014-05-05 03:06:53 [UTC] Area: USA, State of Washington, Lake Roesiger Tornados are quite rare in Western Washington, but we might have had our second one in just the past week. A strong storm cell brought light damage to a neighborhood in the Lake Roesiger area east of Lake Stevens Sunday afternoon. Ryan Delew says he noticed the trees in his neighbors yard were swaying a bit one way around 3:40 p.m. and then it sounded like an airplane was coming right overhead. Certainly a rumbling coming... the trees were then bent 30-80 degrees over the other way as the wind hit, Delew said. He says a bucket in their yard was sent 250 feet into a neighbors yard, and a patio umbrella ended up in their yard. A neighbors home had 4-6 trees damaged or toppled, a trampoline was flipped and tossed, a few panels of siding were ripped from the home, and a childs outdoor playhouse was toppled and destroyed. Delew said some dogs were outside when the winds hit but they were OK and there were no other injuries. The National Weather Service is expected to send a storm survey team to the site Monday to determine if the damage was caused by a tornado or perhaps just a downburst of wind. If confirmed as a tornado, it would be the second one this spring. A very weak EF0 tornado caused minor damage in Eatonville last Sunday. Washington averages about two tornadoes a year.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 03:13:12 +0000
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