[4] The National Weather Service office in Seattle rated the tornado EF2 following an on-site survey of the storm damage the day after the event.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee sought funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damages caused during the prolonged stormy period, including for the Port Orchard tornado.

[9] The storm was a product of the Olympic Mountain velocity shear zone, a meteorological phenomenon that occurs when an incoming onshore flow in usually in the wake of a cold front from the Pacific Ocean is forced around the Olympic Mountains and adds the needed low-level wind shear that can enhance rotating storms moving through the area.

There were approximately 250 homes damaged during the storm, including a few that had their roofs partially or completely ripped off.

Some of the most intense damage was inflicted to a dry storage facility, which sustained roof loss and collapse of numerous walls.