1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down in the Eagle Crest Resort along Cline Falls Highway north of Bend. Some juniper trees were blown down, fences rolled up, and about 10 acres of hay were ripped up.
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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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