Oregon, 1998

Tornado in Oregon, October 3, 1998

October 3, 1998 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Clackamas

When
October 3, 3:45 PM PST
Where
Clackamas County, Canby
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.270, -122.700

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.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5671426.