ST. HELENS, OR (KPTV) – A tornado touched down in St. Helens on Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. FOX 12 viewers sent in video of an apparent funnel cloud in the St. Helens area. By 2 p.m., the National Weather Service confirmed it was a tornado. The tornado touched down in St.…
Tornado strikes Oregon coast, minor damage reported
Residents along the Oregon coast got a gusty surprise on Tuesday when a tornado struck one community, leaving minor damage. The National Weather Service’s office in Portland said the EF-0 tornado was reported around 11:15 a.m. about three miles north of Manzanita and “clipped” two properties. “Fortunately, no injuries have been reported,” the NWS tweeted.…
Tornado touched down briefly Sunday night in Portland, NWS confirms
PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Weather Service confirmed Monday that a tornado did touch down briefly on a pumpkin farm near Cornelius Pass Road in Northwest Portland on Sunday night. The NWS said it’s still determining the EF rating of the tornado. It was one of two tornado warnings issued in the Portland metro area…
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Multnomah County, some didn’t get warning
National Weather Service meteorologists confirmed the funnel cloud reported near Rock Creek Sunday evening did touch down and did enough damage to be officially called a tornado. NWS meteorologists Tyree Wilde and Treena Jensen spent part of Monday surveying the damage left behind at Plumper Pumpkin Patch and Tree Farm, after heavy thundershowers scoured the…
Possible tornadoes touch down near Portland
HILLSBORO, Ore. — National Weather Service survey teams in Portland will try to determine if the region was struck by possibly two tornadoes Sunday evening as thunderstorms moved through the area. A first Tornado Warning went out just before 7 p.m. near the Burlington, Oregon area. Another warning went out at 8:15 in Washington’s Clark…
Funnel clouds, tornadoes spotted around northwest Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. – Weather watchers were abuzz Monday with possible funnel cloud and tornado sightings across the northwest corner of the Beaver State, just a day after the first-known tornado to form inside the city limits of Portland since 1972. Firefighters spotted a tornado touch down near Scio, Oregon. And an eyewitness shared a video…
Tornado hit Aumsville, Oregon, on December 14, 2010
AUMSVILLE, Ore. – As a roar thundered over his Main Street barber shop around noon December 14, 2010, Steven Worden looked up from his client’s hair and saw a big black cloud come over his shop. “It started hailing and it got worse then all the sudden the wind started howling, it just got worse…
Manzanita tornado: One year later
The tornado didn’t destroy Manzanita. That’s the rallying cry from a town that, one year ago Saturday, appeared to have been blown straight into Oz from a tornado that stormed through the very heart of downtown Manzanita. “On the tourism side, we are still dealing with the perception that Manzanita was severely damaged or destroyed,”…
Are tornadoes becoming more common in the Pacific Northwest?
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thursday started out like any other typical Northwest day, but as rain and hail moved in, everything changed when two EF-0 tornadoes popped up in Aurora and Vancouver. No one was injured, but there were some reports of damage, including downed power lines and flipped planes at the Aurora State Airport. “They…
Tornado Touches Down Outside Lebanon, Oregon; No Injuries Reported
A tornado touched down Tuesday afternoon near Lebanon, fire department officials said. The storm destroyed two barns at Spencer’s Dairy Farm near Green Mountain Drive in Lacomb, Lebanon Fire Department officials said. The tornado was reported about 1:30 p.m. Two other barns were badly damaged, officials said. The storm’s path of damage extended another three-quarters…