During an afternoon under a particularly cool and unstable airmass, a funnel cloud was sighted near the Eugene airport by the personnel at the Eugene 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 Eugene 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 6, 8:00 AM PST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 900 AM PDT WED JUN 06 2007 .SYNOPSIS...THE CENTER OF THE COOL UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF OREGON THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND THEN DIG INTO NEVADA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK SYSTEM CURRENTLY FARTHER OFFSHORE NEAR 133W WILL SKIRT OUR AREA AND GO TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY AS WEAK HIGHER PRESSURE TRIES TO DEVELOP. A DRY DAY WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES IS LIKELY ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON SATURDAY. THIS FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST SUNDAY. NEXT WEEK IS STILL LOOKING LIKE A MIXTURE OF WEATHER FOR NOW WITH SOME PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE AT TIMES. && .SHORT TERM...DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING LOTS OF SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE CASCADES AND A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING ONSHORE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER MOVING ONSHORE JUST SOUTH OF OUR AREA. HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW YET...BUT WILL MAINTAIN A POSSIBILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ALONG THE TRACK OF THE LOW FOR MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW THEN DIGS RATHER RAPIDLY INTO NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING IN WARMER AIR ALOFT THAT WILL DECREASE THE INSTABILITY FOR OUR AREA AS PER MODEL SOUNDINGS. HOWEVER THERE IS AMPLE ONSHORE FLOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...SO WILL KEEP CONTINUE WITH HIGHER POPS. THE SNOW LEVEL WAS 4000 FT THIS MORNING...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY NEAR 133W SLIDING BY MOSTLY SOUTH AND OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO A BIT OF VORTICITY AND A WEAK UPPER JET ONSHORE IN THE FLOW FROM THE NORTH. THE ACCUMULATED EFFECT OF ALL OF THESE FEATURES WILL CAUSE THE CLOUDS TO BE SLOW TO CLEAR ON THURSDAY...POSSIBLY NOT UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. MODELS INDICATE A BRIEF RESPITE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH GENERAL CLEARING OVER THE AREA. FRIDAY SHOULD BE A BIT WARMER WITH MORE SUNSHINE AFTER SOME PATCHY MORNING CLOUDS. LIKENS .LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...THE MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH AN OVERRUNNING FRONTAL SYSTEM COMING IN THIS WEEKEND. THE GFS HAS 1.68 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FEEDING THIS BOUNDARY...AND A TAP OF HIS TYPE APPEARS THAT IT IS DEVELOPING OUT IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PACIFIC ON THE SATELLITE. IF SO...SATURDAY COULD BE WET AND THE ROSE PARADE COULD BE IMPACTED. HAVE CHANGED PRECIPITATION TYPE TO STRATIFORM FOR SATURDAY. NEXT WEEK THE ENSEMBLES ARE SHOWING MORE SPREAD SO WHILE DETAILS ARE MURKY...WE MAY SEE UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS. TOLLESON && .AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR ACROSS THE REGION...AND SHOULD REMAIN AS SUCH THROUGH THE DAY...EXCEPT POCKETS OF HIGH END MVFR AROUND THE SHOWERS. AN UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST WILL CONTINUE TRACKING SSE INTO NE CALIF DURING THE DAY. SHOWERS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL KEEP THREAT OF TSTMS AT KONP...KEUG...AND IN THE ROUTES S OF A KTMK TO MT JEFFERSON LINE BETWEEN 15Z AND 20Z. AFTERWARDS...DYNAMICS NOT FAVORABLE FOR TSTMS. SHOULD SEE LARGE HOLES IN THE CEILINGS AFTER 22Z...BEGINNING IN THE NORTH AND SPREADING S. HOWEVER...WRAP AROUND CLOUDS OVER NRN WASH AND SRN BRIT COL MAY DRIFT BACK INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WOLFE && .MARINE...RATHER BENIGN ON THE PACIFIC THIS MORNING. ONLY SIGNIFICANT WINDS WOULD BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AROUND HEAVY SHOWERS THIS MORNING. NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SAT...AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO BRING SMALL CRAFT WINDS TO THE COASTAL WATERS. WOLFE && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR/WA...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT POPS (PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION) AST 6411- PDX 6511- SLE 6411- EUG 6411- 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 502 AM PDT WED JUN 6 2007 ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-071330- 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- 502 AM PDT WED JUN 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING NEAR THE CENTRAL COAST AND SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE CASCADES... OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 506 AM PDT WED JUN 6 2007 ORZ011-013-WAZ019-062200- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS 506 AM PDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...SNOW LEVELS NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES THIS MORNING... A RATHER COLD UPPER LOW PASSING THROUGH WESTERN OREGON THIS MORNING HAS LOWERED THE SNOW LEVEL TO NEAR 4000 FEET THIS MORNING...WHICH IS NEAR THE ELEVATION OF THE MAIN PASSES THROUGH THE CASCADES. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CASCADE PASSES TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS UP AT SOME OF THE SKI RESORTS. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING ACROSS THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 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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