A cool trough of low pressure produced a funnel cloud over the Columbia River.
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A cool trough of low pressure produced a funnel cloud over the Columbia River.
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 19, 1:43 PM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 243 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS...PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BRING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL. SHOWERS WILL LINGER BUT PROBABLY BE LESS NUMEROUS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MEANDERS TOWARD THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH SOME RELATIVELY DRIER WEATHER...BUT IT APPEARS AN ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL BRING MORE WET WEATHER SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...DEEP ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. THE MORNING STRATOCUMULUS DECK BROKE APART ENOUGH FOR SOME SUNBREAKS...WHICH IN TURN PROVIDED A LITTLE MORE INSTABILITY THAN WAS EXPECTED EARLIER TODAY. WE ARE NEAR THE SUMMER SOLSTICE...SO THE MIDDAY SUN IS ABOUT AS STRONG AS IT GETS HERE. AS A RESULT THE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOWED SFC TEMPS TO PUSH RAPIDLY INTO THE MID-UPPER 60S...AND SFC-BASED CONVECTION QUICKLY FOLLOWED. CLOUD TOPS ARE PUSHING 20 KFT IN SOME OF THE STRONGER CELLS SO A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. HOWEVER FOR THE MOST PART THERE WILL JUST BE SCATTERED MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...AND THE HEAVIEST MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD FLATTEN OUT AND DECREASE AROUND SUNSET AS SURFACE TEMPS BEGIN TO COOL. TEMPS BEGIN TO WARM ALOFT TONIGHT AS THE CORE OF COLD AIR ALOFT DRIFTS EAST OF THE CASCADES. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER FACTOR CUTTING THE POTENTIAL FOR INSTABILITY. NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT BY THURSDAY MORNING WE SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION NEAR 700 MB SO ANY SHOWERS THURSDAY SHOULD BE SHALLOW. WITH A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE TEMPS MAY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THU BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. THE UPPER LOW MEANDERS TOWARD THE IDAHO PANHANDLE FRIDAY...BUT STILL REMAINS CLOSE AND BROAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW WRAPAROUND MOISTURE TO KEEP THE SHOWER THREAT GOING FOR OUR NORTHERN ZONES. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE THEIR SLOW RECOVERY AS THE AIR MASS SLOWLY WARMS UP...WITH THE DRYING AND WARMING TREND BACK TOWARD NORMAL CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LOW FINALLY TRIES TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. HOWEVER A STRONG PACIFIC JET WILL BE KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR BY THEN...AIMING TO BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WET WEATHER TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAGLE .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODEL RUNS ARE SHOWING FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FCST. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER SAT...THE MODELS ARE NOW SHOWING A LOW COMING ONSHORE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING. ALTHOUGH SOME MODEL RUNS ARE KEEPING THE BEST PRECIP TO OUR SOUTH...THE ENSEMBLES SOLUTIONS ARE SHOWING LIKELY POPS OVER MUCH OF OUR FCST AREA DURING THE DAY SUN. THEN A DEEP CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH AND STALL OVER THE NE PAC FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF NEXT WEEK. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP APPEARS TO BE MON NIGHT INTO TUE...WHEN THE MODELS SEEM TO AGREE THAT A JUICY FRONT WILL BRING A SLUG OF HEAVY PRECIP TO THE REGION. OTHERWISE... EXPECT THAT THE PAC NW WILL REMAIN IN A CLOUDY AND WET PATTERN THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE RUNNING SEVERAL DEG BELOW NORMAL. PYLE && .AVIATION...A SHOWERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN MODESTLY UNSTABLE EVEN OVERNIGHT SO CIGS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN VFR...BUT MVFR CIG DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND LOCATION OF ANY SUCH LOWER CIGS IS LOW SO KEPT MVFR CONDITIONS LIMITED IN THE TAFS. KPDX AND APPROACHES...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN VFR OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN OCCASIONAL MVFR CIG...PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THURSDAY MORNING. /NEUMAN && .MARINE...EXPECT TRANQUIL WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. A SERIES OF WEAK STORM SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 FT AND LITTLE MORE THAN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WIND GUSTS OF 25-30KT APPEAR POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. /NEUMAN && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && 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 330 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-201330- 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- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 330 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT 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... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
355 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013
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0259 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 SSW DOWNTOWN VANCOUVE 45.62N 122.67W
06/19/2013 CLARK WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVER
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WNW OF THE
FIELD. SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOS REVEALED A VERY THIN ROPE LIKE
FUNNEL. THE OBSERVER ESTIMATED IT LOWERED ABOUT 200 TO
300 FEET BELOW THE CLOUD BASE. NO DAMAGE REPORTED THUS
FAR.
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JBONKThe Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed about 2 miles WNW of the Portland International airport. The observer estimated that it extended 200 to 300 feet below the cloud base. The funnel cloud lasted approximately 5 minutes.
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