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May 12, 2009 in City

Weather Service reports tornado

Last week’s storm brought funnel clouds
Mike Prager Staff writer
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Trees in northern Lincoln County were snapped in a storm last Wednesday that the National Weather Service now says was a tornado. This photo was taken about nine miles north of Davenport in the vicinity of Teel Hill Road along a ridge above the Spokane River canyon. Photo courtesy of Kerry Jones, National Weather Service
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A “supercell” thunderstorm that spun up funnel clouds over Lincoln County and damaged property south of Deer Park last Wednesday also dropped a tornado north of Davenport, the National Weather Service said Monday.

Meteorologist Kerry Jones said the tornado appeared to skip along the terrain near Teel Hill Road for about four miles just south of the Spokane River and north of Davenport. Supercells, the most severe thunderstorms, have the potential to cause the most damage.

The tornado may have been caused by the same funnel cloud formation that was captured by a photographer in the Davenport area early …

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