1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 13, 8:00 AM PST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 900 AM PDT MON SEP 13 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SHOWERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND TUE AS ONSHORE FLOW WEAKENS. ANOTHER PACIFIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS DUE FRI. A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEXT WEEKEND FOR UNSEASONABLY COOL SHOWERY WEATHER. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE AND RADAR LOOPERS SHOW THE COLD FRONT WELL EAST OF THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING...BUT A LARGE AREA OF POST FRONTAL SHOWERS EXTENDS BACK TO NEAR 140W FOR PLENTY OF SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE WARM ADVECTION FROM NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM STABILIZES THE AIR MASS. NEW 12Z MODELS SLOW TO ARRIVE IN AWIPS THIS MORNING...BUT PREVIOUS GUIDANCE SLOWER THAN EARLIER RUNS SAGGING THE NEXT WARM FRONT SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA TUE EVENING...THEN DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE DISTRICT WED. FOR NOW HAVE CONTINUED THE SHOWER WORDING FOR WED...BUT WILL CHANGE TO STRATIFORM FOR THE MORNING IF 12Z MODELS CONTINUE TRENDS. WILLIS .LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING FAST PROGRESSIVE WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY FOR A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CASCADES. THE NEXT SYSTEM DROPS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FRIDAY FOR A RENEWED RAIN THREAT. ALL MODELS IN AGREEMENT NEXT WEEKEND SHOWING LARGE UPPER LOW SETTLING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER. GOOD RUN-TO- RUN CONSISTENCY LENDS TO CREDIBILITY HERE SO WILL RUN WITH IT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT POPS AST 74386 PDX 64276 SLE 64266 EUG 64166 && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .WA/OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY CAPE SHOALWATER TO NEWPORT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 444 AM PDT MON SEP 13 2004 ORZ001>008-010>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-141242- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-LOWER COLUMBIA- LOWER COLUMBIA AND I - 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- NORTH OREGON COAST-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-WILLAPA HILLS- 444 AM PDT MON SEP 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY.
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:39 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado ripped through the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, lifting and damaging a mobile home office, blowing down trees and snapping large tree limbs. A tree was blown down on top of a car.
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