Funnel Cloud, Washington
- When
- April 29, 5:45 PM PST
- Where
- Washington County, Tigard
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.560, -123.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Oregon, April 29, 2003
Reported Southwest of Tigard, exact location is not known.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Reported Southwest of Tigard, exact location is not known.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 300 PM PDT TUE APR 29 2003 .SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER ROCK-N-ROLL AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. BUT THE PESKY LOW PRES OFF THE SOUTH OREGON COAST WILL STILL BE ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. DRIER WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS BUILDING. ANOTHER SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGS SHOWERS AND COOLER AIR. .DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...LOW PRES STILL SITTING NEAR BROOKINGS...WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS OREGON. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NOW ERUPTING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CASCADES AND SW OREGON. MODELS LOOK DECENT IN CONTINUING TO WEAKEN THE LOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND SLOWLY PUSHING IT INLAND. THIS KEEPS SCATTERED SHOWER THREAT INTO WED NIGHT. WILL KEEP ZONES AS SUCH...WITH DECREASING SHOWERS WED NIGHT. ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE EARLY THU...THEN DRIER WEATHER AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OFFSHORE. SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP AREA PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ON THU. .LONG TERM...WILL KEEP WITH TREND OF A LOVELY SPRING DAY ON FRIDAY... THEN THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARRIVES. SHOWERS INCREASING LATE SAT...AND CONTINUE SUN. CHANCE OF SHOWERS MON AS TROUGH LEAVES...THEN DRY ON TUE WITH SOME RIDGING. AST 654210 PDX 654200 SLE 654200 EUG 753200 .PQR...NONE. FCSTR...ROCKEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 6:10 AM PST, 11 hours 35 minutes before
ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-301430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 610 AM PST TUE APR 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO SKYWARN PROCEDURES.
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Nebraska, April 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 29 to 30, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 29, 2003
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 2003
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, April 29 to 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 29, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 29, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 29, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, April 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, April 29, 2003
- Hail in Colorado, April 29, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, April 29, 2003
More
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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: 5351726.