1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:16 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A resident of Pacific City reported seeing a funnel clouod over the ocean touch down briefly over the ocean and again inland. No damages were reported.
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Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oregon, 1997Warnings in Oregon, September 1997
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