12/14/10 DISC: OR

[Jason Caster]

A tornado has been reported just SE of Salem, OR.
Evidently trees are down and there are reports of people being trapped.
I will submit updates as I hear more.

Very unusual for this area.

Link to site with coverage: http://www.katu.com/

 

[Jason Caster]

1st photo submitted of the tornado

 

[ChristianTerry]

Wow, thats a big tornado from such a system.

 

[GPhillips]

Nothing too great in terms of radar depiction. The image is from 1947Z (1147 AM PST) at the time it showed the best rotational signature during the storm's lifetime. Echo Top at 1947Z was 21000 ft.

 

[dseaton]

Preliminary reports indicate it was probably an EF2:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=pqr&pil=LSR&sid=PQR

This is easily the most destructive tornado to hit Oregon during my lifetime.

 

[Robert Rohloff]

This site has posted 85 photos of damage from the tornado.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/12/aumsville_tornado_storm_brings.html

 

[Jason Harris]

Here are two videos covering some damage:
1.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/14/aumsville-oregon-tornado-damage-video/

2. (this one looks like helicopter, more detailed and aerial):
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/weather/2010/12/14/vo.oregon.tornado.KPTV.html

this cellphone video is a bit disappointing (can't see much):

http://www.katu.com/home/video/111897334.html

check out some of the quotes from this article:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/111870929.html

Some pretty impressive pictures too.

Entertaining video interview with fellow on bottom (among other folks for 10 minutes); he likes to say 200 mph:
http://www.kval.com/news/local/111887609.html
Sad about the woman who lost her business there, but she stays grounded as they say.

 

[Jason Caster]

Summary report submitted confirming yesterday's tornado as an EF2.
Tornado path included.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/aumsville.php

 

[Dennis Dennison]

Wow-amazing storm for the time and place

 

[Jeff Passner]

Very nice shear profile at 1200 UTC. Again,. weather has no limits... CAPE means nothing.