1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado was spotted by several residents of Canby at 445 PM PDT south of Highway 99 off Barlow Road. The tornado did very minor damage to the home at 25170 S. Barlow Road, and did minor damage to a barn nearby that was being demolished. Five trees were blown over.
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