Rare Tornado Touches Down In Vancouver
Olympia, WA January 10, 2008 5:47 p.m.
A rare tornado touched down near Vancouver, Washington Thursday afternoon, causing damage but no injuries. Correspondent Tom Banse has more.
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A severe thunderstorm spawned the twister during the lunch hour. It touched down near Vancouver Lake and moved east.
The tornado toppled trees, damaged roofs, knocked over a billboard, and brought down power lines. There are no reports of injuries.
The chief forecaster for the National Weather Service in Portland says tornadoes strike his area about once or twice per year.
Steve Todd: “Winter is one of the common seasons for tornadoes around here. And the way tornadoes form around the Pacific Northwest – especially west of the Cascades – they tend to form behind cold fronts. And we get a lot of cold fronts go through here in the wintertime.”
Steve Todd says tornadoes in the Northwest pack considerably less punch than the twisters that rip across the Plains. Clark County’s public utility is restoring power to about 12-hundred customers in the dark.
Online:
National Weather Service – Portland
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
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