Kitsap County is separated from the Olympic peninsula by Hood Canal.
Port Orchard is just South of Bremerton and close to Gig Harbor.
Tornadoes are extremely rare in Western Washington.
Carl Jarvis
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Tornado touches down in Port Orchard, Washington, causing a
significant amount of damage to houses and the neighborhood. There are
no reports of injuries
at this time.
"Steady precipitation tapered off over the Seattle Metro area during
the afternoon. But, scattered thunderstorms formed. One of these
thunderstorms tracked
over Port Orchard just before 2 p.m. local time," AccuWeather Senior
Meteorologist David Samuhel said.
According to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, most of the
"catastrophic" damage is in the neighborhoods east and south of the
Walmart in the 3400 block
of Bethel Road Southeast.
