Tornado Hits Oregon Coast

By Melissa Frey

Lincoln County, Ore. --Residents of Roads End, near Lincoln City are cleaning up
after a tornado whipped through town Friday night. The tornado caused damage to at least 11
structures, with wind speeds of up to 85-miles per hour.

Here is the report from the National Weather Service:

NWS STORM SURVEY RATED TORNADO DAMAGE AT EF-0 SCALE WITH
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 65-85 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 150 YARDS
WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 80 YARDS. ELEVEN STRUCTURES WERE
DAMAGED TOTAL...ONE HOME SAW SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AND
ALL HOMES HAD WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. TWO TREES 24 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WERE UPROOTED...ONE WAS DEPOSITED 30 YARDS AWAY.
ONE TREE 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS SNAPPED IN HALF.

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