Dust Devil, Lower Columbia
- When
- June 10, 1:30 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia forecast zone
Dust Devil in Oregon, June 10, 1996
A strong dust devil formed in a dirt horse corral near the town of Tenmile. The dust devil destroyed a small utility shed and a pole construction horse barn adjacent to the corral.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A strong dust devil formed in a dirt horse corral near the town of Tenmile. The dust devil destroyed a small utility shed and a pole construction horse barn adjacent to the corral. No significant clouds or precipitation were present in the region at the time.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Dust Devil in Arizona, June 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Hail in New York, June 10, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556968.