Oregon, 2024Tornado in Oregon, October 31, 2024
October 31, 2024 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone
An unstable post-frontal airmass facilitated numerous showers and thunderstorms along the coast on the morning of October 31st. Shear in the lower levels of the atmosphere combined with a stronger convective cell to produce a weak and short lived Tornado.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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An unstable post-frontal airmass facilitated numerous showers and thunderstorms along the coast on the morning of October 31st. Shear in the lower levels of the atmosphere combined with a stronger convective cell to produce a weak and short lived Tornado.
What forecasters said that day
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 31, 2:54 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 2:54 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- October 31, 6:56 AM PST to 6:57 AM PST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 0.32 mi NE of Southbeach to 0.46 mi SE of Newport
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.16 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Local Official
- Coordinates
- 44.624, -124.046
At the Oregon State University Ship Operations Facility in South Beach, Oregon, security camera footage showed a distinct circulation move northeastward across a lot before moving over the bay and impacting pilings and a dock in the water. About 20 square feet of concrete shingles were torn off the main building. Various items weighing up to 1100 pounds in the parking lot were flipped upside down or pushed aside.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1219466.