During an afternoon under a particularly cool and unstable airmass, a funnel cloud was sighted near the Eugene airport by the personnel at the Salem Air Traffic Control Tower.
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During an afternoon under a particularly cool and unstable airmass, a funnel cloud was sighted near the Eugene airport by the personnel at the Salem Air Traffic Control Tower.
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 Jun 9, 8:00 PM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
900 PM PDT SAT JUN 09 2007
.SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS
EVENING WITH SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE UNSTABLE POST-FRONTAL AIRMASS.
THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW ON SUN
AND MON FOR MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER. WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN
OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AT TIMES...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN THE HEAVIER RAIN ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF OUR AREA THIS EVENING. GOOD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA WITH AMOUNTS
RANGING FROM AROUND 0.40 INCH IN THE NORTH TO 0.10 IN THE SOUTH
...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS HAVE BEEN
DECREASING THIS EVENING OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OVER THE CASCADES AND COASTAL RANGE.
A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUN GIVING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE ONSHORE FLOW WITH LIKELY POPS CONTINUING OVER UPSLOPE
MOUNTAIN AREAS. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SUN NIGHT AND MON AS THE
UPPER TROUGH AND ONSHORE FLOW WEAKEN. LIKENS
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...MODELS ARE NOT
IN GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THEY LEAVE US IN A WEAK
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND ONSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW THROUGH THE WEEK. GFS
ENSEMBLES BEGIN TO UNRAVEL TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND WITH
GENERALLY WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA...EXPECT TO SEE SHOWERS AND
RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES. ECMWF IS NOT AS STRONG WITH THE TROUGH
TO THE NORTH SO WONT CHANGE MUCH IN THIS TIME PERIOD. KEEPING THE
BROAD BRUSH APPROACH - MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK. KELSON
&&
.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MVFR AND POCKETS OF IFR WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT IN A VERY MOIST POST FRONTAL AIRMASS. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO STREAM IN OFF THE PACIFIC. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE
SUN AFTERNOON.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE
WATERS. SEAS MAY BRIEFLY FALL BELOW 10 FT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...MODELS
BRING THE SEAS BACK UP SUN MORNING. GIVEN THAT BUOY 5 IS ALREADY 13
FT WILL ALLOW THE SMALL CRAFT FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS TO RUN
UNINTERRUPTED THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON.
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR/WA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO
FLORENCE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER
TO FLORENCE THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR THROUGH
SUN AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT POPS (PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION)
AST 842311 PDX 853111 SLE 852111 EUG 842111
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT...
http://weather.gov/portland
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 527 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2007 ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-101300- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I- 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 527 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:25 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Reported by the Air Traffic Control Tower personnel, and dissipated shortly thereafter.
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