A cold upper level trough produced convective showers with isolated thunderstorms across Northwest Oregon. One of these showers produced a cold core funnel cloud near Brownsville, Oregon.
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A cold upper level trough produced convective showers with isolated thunderstorms across Northwest Oregon. One of these showers produced a cold core funnel cloud near Brownsville, Oregon.
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 Oct 26, 1:33 PM PST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
233 PM PDT SUN OCT 26 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A COOL SHOWERY PATTERN WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WET WEATHER
MONDAY...ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING RAIN AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO OUR
NORTHWESTERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE SLIDING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE AREA TUESDAY. AFTER POSSIBLY A BREAK IN THE WET WEATHER
MIDWEEK...A DEVELOPING FRONT COULD BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF OFF
AND ON RAIN FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...VISIBLE SATELLITE AND
DOPPLER RADAR SHOW SCATTERED LINES OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON AND
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...STORMS
HAVE BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED ACROSS THE INTERIOR...BUT A LOWERING
SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AND STABILIZING LOWER ATMOSPHERE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT SHOULD LEAD TO DECREASING SHOWERS. WITH THAT SAID...A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE NORTH
OREGON COAST AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL
BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF FOG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY OVERNIGHT.
SNOW LEVELS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE 4000 TO 4500 FT RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS HAVE GENERALLY ABOVE 5000 FEET
WHERE 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND MOUNT HOOD. WILL
CONTINUE THE WINTER WX ADVISORY THROUGH 5 PM...BUT ROADS APPEAR
MOSTLY WET AT THIS POINT SO IMPACTS ARE DIMINISHING.
OUR ATTENTION ON MONDAY WILL TURN TO A LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING NEAR 150W. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BETWEEN VANCOUVER
ISLAND AND THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS EARLY TUESDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A FRONT SLIDING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. CONTINUED THE TREND OF BUMPING QPF ABOVE MODEL
GUIDANCE WITH THIS SYSTEM GIVEN THE HIGH PW VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH
IT. NONETHELESS...THE WEAKENING NATURE OF THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP RAIN
AMOUNTS WITHIN REASON. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP
MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF OUR COAST. /NEUMAN
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT
LOOKS TO STALL OUT OVER OUR AREA AS THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WEAKENS AND DISSIPATES WHILE MOVING ONSHORE IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA. THIS STATIONARY FRONT WILL KEEP RAIN ACROSS OUR AREA
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AS OUR NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES
ON THURSDAY...THIS BOUNDARY WILL PUSH NORTHWARD AHEAD OF OUR NEXT
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THOUGH RAIN WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...BEFORE THE
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON FRIDAY. MODELS DISAGREE ON THE STRENGTH
AND LOCATION OF THE PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...BUT LOOKS LIKE
COOLER WEATHER MOVES IN BEHIND THIS FRONT...BRINGING HIGH TEMPS DOWN
INTO THE MID-50S ON SATURDAY. -MCCOY
&&
.AVIATION...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH CIGS REMAINING GENERALLY ABOVE 5000
FT. AIR MASS REMAINS UNSTABLE SO POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS OR
HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL MVFR. SHOWERS
DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR SOME PATCHY
FOG TO DEVELOP FOR THE INTERIOR VALLEY LOCATIONS LATE
OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY IF SKIES CLEAR BEHIND THE SHOWERS THIS
EVENING.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...MOSTLY VFR NEXT 24 HRS. HEAVIER SHOWERS
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA MAY BRING BRIEF MVFR CIGS TODAY BUT SHOULD
BE BRIEF ENOUGH NOT TO AFFECT THE TERMINALS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.
SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AFT 09Z.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX TODAY. A TROUGH
OVER THE WATERS WILL LIFT NORTH AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. WINDS HAVE EASED OVER THE NORTH...SO HAVE ALLOWED SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS TO EXPIRE. SHOWERS IN THE UNSTABLE AIR
MASS MAY MAINTAIN LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR LIGHTNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS AROUND 12 FT AT 11
SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD DROP BELOW 10 FT LATER
TONIGHT.
A BRIEF PERIOD OF HIGH PRES OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY BUT THE NEXT FRONT WILL APPROACH BY MON AFTERNOON AND ENTER
THE WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THIS
FRONT WILL PRODUCE GALE FORCE WINDS STARTING LATER MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. SEAS WILL ALSO CLIMB BACK ABOVE
10 FT LATER MONDAY WITH SEAS PEAKING NEAR 15 FT...FIRST DUE TO
INCREASING WINDS AND REMAINING ELEVATED THROUGH MID WEEK WITH AN
ARRIVING WEST SWELL. CULLEN
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADES.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO
FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING.
&&
INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSPORTLAND
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSPORTLAND
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.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
329 PM PDT SUN OCT 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 PM HAIL BRUSH PRAIRIE 45.73N 122.55W
10/26/2014 M0.75 INCH CLARK WA NWS EMPLOYEE
0320 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 N BROWNSVILLE 44.54N 122.98W
10/26/2014 LINN OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE DISPATCH OFF-DUTY EMPLOYEE CALLED IN A BRIEF
ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE, OR.
&&
LMCCOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
338 PM PDT SUN OCT 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NNW YACHATS 44.33N 124.11W
10/25/2014 M75.00 MPH PZZ255 OR NWS EMPLOYEE
MEASURED BY RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 N BATTLE GROUND 45.79N 122.54W
10/25/2014 CLARK WA TRAINED SPOTTER
FULLY LEAFED MAPLE TREE SNAPPED AT 72ND AVE AND 159TH ST
IN BRUSH PRAIRIE.
&&
LMCCOYThe Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of reports from the Public described a funnel cloud around 10 miles north of Brownsville, Oregon. One of the reports came from an off-duty police dispatcher that confirmed rotation with the cloud.
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