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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR

February 24, 2025Clackamas County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2025, 5:43 PM PST for Clackamas County, Oregon. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2025, 5:43 PM PST (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2025, 5:57 PM PST
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Clackamas County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 24, 3:16 PM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:16 PM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:02 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRColumbia, Multnomah, Washington28 min
Feb 24, 4:24 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Multnomah36 min
Feb 24, 4:25 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRColumbia35 min
Feb 24, 4:58 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Marion32 min
Feb 24, 5:26 PM PSTTornado WarningPQRClackamas, Marion23 min
Feb 24, 7:11 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementPQRMarion34 min
Feb 25, 5:07 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRWahkiakum26 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.