Tornado in Oregon

A rare tornado hit tiny Aumsville Oregon at lunchtime on Tuesday December 14 2010. The aumsville tornado likely was caused by unstable cold air slamming into the unseasonable warm, moist air mass that has lingered in the Willamette Valley for several days, climate experts said.

Tornado in Oregon damaging or destroying half a dozen buildings, but initial reports say there were no injuries from the fluke twister.

A tornado ripped through Aumsville, Oregon just before noon today. The high winds and storm that brought the tornado had earlier torn the roof off the Seahorse Oceanfront Motel in Lincoln City on the Oregon coast.