Oregon, 2000

Tornado in Oregon, October 9, 2000

October 9, 2000 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The tornado occurred along Highway 213. One half of a roof was torn from a home, the roof of an apartment complex was damaged, a satellite dish was torn from its mounting, two-one foot trees were toppled, and a gate and a dog house along with smaller items were strewn about.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.

The tornado occurred along Highway 213. One half of a roof was torn from a home, the roof of an apartment complex was damaged, a satellite dish was torn from its mounting, two-one foot trees were toppled, and a gate and a dog house along with smaller items were strewn about. In addition, a one foot piece of styrofoam was imbedded in the siding of a house. No injuries were reported.

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:17 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Clackamas

When
October 9, 6:15 PM PST to 6:45 PM PST
Where
Clackamas County, 2 mi W of Molalla
Rating
F1
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
75 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.150, -122.617

The tornado occurred along Highway 213 2 miles west of Molalla. One half of a roof was torn from a home, the roof of an apartment complex was damaged, a satellite dish was torn from it's mounting, two one foot diameter trees were toppled, and a gate and a dog house, along with smaller items, were strewn about. No injuries were reported.

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oregon, 2000Warnings in Oregon, October 2000

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: 5161172.