Video: Ferocious Storm Hits Hard And Fast

The tornado struck about 3 p.m. in Tenino, tearing pieces off the barn, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

Much of the barn's roof was blown off and debris littered nearby farmland, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News South Sound Bureau Chief Richard Thompson reported.

Meteorologist Jeff Rood of the National Weather Service in Seattle said the tornado was probably on the ground for a minute or two for the distance of a quarter mile.

The tornado struck about 3 p.m.

Although the state of Washington averages only 1.8 tornadoes a year, this was the fourth tornado recorded in the state this year.

A tornado touched down in Spokane last Friday during a storm that also brought lightning, hail and heavy rain to northeast Washington.

The four tornadoes have been reported during the past four weeks. The others were April 27 near Sumas, in northwestern Washington, another in East Wenatchee May 19.

Rain pounded much of the rest of the region, coming down in buckets from Lewis County to the Canadian border.

Standing water flooded some Seattle streets, where drains couldn't handle a 20-minute afternoon downpour.