Milwaukie Tornado? (May 2, 2009) Part 3

[HyperFoxTails]

NO Tornades were reported to have touched down in Milwaukee Oregon by law enforcement officers or weather service! NO Tornado Sirens were sounded

[W7ENK]

@HyperFoxTails The funnel was spotted and reported by several people, including one Police Officer (seen in this video). The NWS never acknowledged it as a funnel, even though there was physical evidence of rotational winds.

Oregon does not have any tornado sirens, not a single one.

[Richman909]

I remember that storm when it went through beaverton. I was working just off of cedar hill blvd and the wind gusts were so powerful that It was picking up branches, rain, debris to where i couldn't see 50ft outside of the window. I was bummed cuz i planned on going fishing after work that day

[naytarpy]

I've just watched your 3 videos and WOW! That was one brilliant storm! It makes me kind of sad that we don't get storms like this in England! Where I live, we havn't had one single storm all summer, not even a rumble. So disapointing!!

[W7ENK]

Well, we don't get storms like this in Western Oregon, either. This was EXTREMELY unusual!

Although, the past 12 - 18 months has been rife with unusual weather for us; numerous and strong thunderstorms (when one or two weak ones per year is normal), 2 feet of snow over christmas (when we're lucky to get 3 inches total for the winter), 109.1°F at the beginning of August (unheard of!)... Makes me wonder what this winter will bring.

Thanks for watching!

[naytarpy]

Last winter we had 3 feet of snow fall in under an hour, I've never seen anything like it! My car got stuck and I was stranded for over an hour! And for 2 weeks during the summer, we had temps of 95-98F, which is definatly unheard of over here! Then the summer went down hill from there, and it was cool, wet and just plain horrible. Same as the last 3 summers, gone are the continuous warm sunny days of summer it seems! Still, I'm holding out for 2010, it can only get better right?!!

[Andylong99]

heh we had a worse on thursday afternoon my dad and i were droppin my mom off at fred meyers and i looked up and the sky was green that indicated that a tornado was immenent so me and my dad had the stereo up and i could hear the thunder and lightning booming it scared me so bad

[bigsimpinsteve]

i live off of 36th and harvey and i missed all of this what time did it happen

[W7ENK]

About 3:30 in the afternoon 5/2/09

[one5860]

you knos those could of also been straitline winds with the tornado. but damn the train got hit by a tree!

[one5860]

I've always wanted to see a tornado, but not be in one.

[Lisa83081]

That's neat! We see that stuff every day in the summer in Florida. You'd have a hayday down here for the summer season! Where can I see the news package?

[W7ENK]

Dad put it on a DVD for me, I'll get you a copy.

[meatplower]

DOUCHEBAGSAYSWHAT?

[supercell1995]

did you see my EAS warning video? pretty scary stuff!

[W7ENK]

The EAS warning for Clackamas County didn't come out until after I called the NWS with my report of damaging winds and near quarter-sized hail. Perhaps my call prompted the warning?

[supercell1995]

The storm had just passed my area when the warnings were issued. When I was on the radar it was just entering the Clackamas border.

One question, how come the large hail wasn't reported on SPC? its at least 3/4" right?

[W7ENK]

Well, how do they measure hailstone size? The majority of them were penny to nickel sized, so minimum of 3/4", yes. But, a number of them were 1" in diameter, but then had spikes up to an inch long sticking out of them, so like in the case of the one in my tree-pot (on Part 2), it was close to 2 1/2" long!

[supercell1995]

The NWS measures hailstones by circumference. It has to be 3/4" in all directions. A couple of your round stones did look like a dime or penny.

[supercell1995]

Nice Erik! You should do this kind of stuff more often!

There is a lot of trees that fell in your area it seems like.

I live just 1 mile from the Hillsboro Airport, and they even had 40+ mph straight line winds, I had nothing. I am the unluckiest person. lol

Good compilation! 5 stars

[W7ENK]

HA HA!! I'd rather NOT have a tornado more often, thank you very nice. :) Next time, I'd like to at least see it and capture the vortex on camera.

Had I only known it was going to pass right over my head!!!

So, we've been predicting this since last fall - that's a little spooky! Especially since it targeted my HOUSE?!?

Careful what you wish for, huh?

[supercell1995]

yeah, remember what I said before about there being an intense line of storms sometime this May? With damaging winds and a tornado? The hail wasn't as large as I had expected, but everything else went according to plan!

We should be careful Erik...

[supercell1995]

it didn't look like your reports made it to the SPC reports page, unless it takes a while?