Funnel Cloud — Columbia, Oregon

2018-10-02 · near Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon

Event narrative

A viewer sent in a photo to a local news station of a funnel cloud over the Multnomah Channel, observed around 11 AM.

Wider weather episode

With a low to the north and another low to the south, there were several showers across northwest Oregon. There was enough shear for one stronger shower to spin up a brief funnel cloud.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 789519. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.