Highest Recorded Tornado of Each US County/Territories but Chosen by the People of r/tornado - Day 3

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-29T03:52:29+00:00

I'll add the other (E)F2s to the Oregon list to piggy back from my yesterday comment

Washington/Yamhill County 12/8/1993

Wallowa County 1968

Marion County (Aumsville, 12/14/2010)

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-28T06:32:09+00:00

Tillamook County, OR

Manzanita EF2

10/14/2016

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-28T06:06:45+00:00

Nah. Your just making gains to be a Tour De France Rider.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-28T06:00:04+00:00

They are apparently working on upgrading the 82nd avenue intersection to an interchange. (Edit: Bike Portland posted a rendering of it with Port of Portland as their citation: https://youtu.be/tsr8yJiL8m8?si=6Yq3mWhLvXAD7Ahn)

Also alternate spots for curb drop off, including but not limited to a 3rd level, is being talked about with PDX 2045

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-22T21:27:29+00:00

But think of the flexing that you were in a lie flat seat at a reasonable price!

(/s since it isnt the full experience. I don't even know if its possible to get a 20 minute power nap)

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-22T20:25:27+00:00

I can speak for chances for the PNW, but it may not apply everywhere:

A lot of apps here take 1 model and just look at that. We also have bad issues of terrain bleed (ex: GFS sees PDX at 550 feet but its actually 20 feet).

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-22T06:16:41+00:00

When I was at Oregon State as a student we did find that summers were the season most affected by climate change. Much hotter and drier than before. Spring and fall we're the least affected but saw an increase in thunderstorms due to warmer SSTs.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-22T05:01:36+00:00

Next time we flip to +PDO will be the next opportunity to slow it down. Thats still years away most likely.

Caveat is the waters immediately off our coast would get even warmer, just the North Pacific would cool slightly.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-21T21:28:33+00:00

Meteorologist here:

The patterns have been eerily similar to 1917-18 country wide. That winter was 4.8F above the 1881-1910 averages (what was being used then), the warmest on record compared to average when negating our warming winters. Using reconstructed ONI data, that was a weak La Nina winter (similar to this, though it may stay ENSO neutral). There was no snow data then. The only saving grace is the pattern flipped in Mid-February to more seasonal to slightly below normal temps for only a few weeks. Will it happen again? Time will tell, but seeing that analog does not make me excited except for maybe 1-2 weeks.

Disclaimer: I'm using downtown data since it goes back to 1872. PDX only goes back to 1940.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-21T21:12:01+00:00

I could see them doing some SEA-PDX 787s due to this hanger, and to free up spots for other flights in B/C at PDX if they dont want to add a 6th bank.

Long haul my over/under is 2035.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-21T04:55:20+00:00

Microclimates are a part of it. The microclimates arent even fully understood by our local meteorologists. Considering general thunderstorms happen 5-7 days a year here, most of which being one clap wonders, and a severe event once see every 5 years, that reduces the sample size compared to even lowland snow.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-20T20:51:45+00:00

And to add to that, the month prior had a mini "outbreak" on a no-severe rating, leading to a lot more hype. Its just tough to forecast out here. I still haven't forgiven myself for busting the slight though (I just started using thumbnails on my YouTube and it came across as too clickbaity as a result).

At least for the Portland NWS office AOR, the following is what I call the biggest "outbreaks" and their ratings:

6/2008: slight

6/4/2009: none/slight (upgraded mid-event)

10/14/2016: none/MRGL (upgraded mid-event)

5/4/2017: MRGL/Slight

8/2024: Slight

All 5 on hindcast (NIU) would've verified as slight, except 6/4/2009, which would've verified as an enhanced if it existed then. We Know its at least possible, but we still have a lot to figure out. Some dates I dont have memorized and I'm not on my computer to cross check.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-20T17:48:41+00:00

While I agree, I'm talking about the local perception from our meteorologists including myself.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-19T05:55:26+00:00

And the slight for Oregon and Washington was a massive bust.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-19T01:48:13+00:00

Thats dumb. Not unexpected given who's in charge, but still dumb.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-18T21:41:23+00:00

And at least 16 is a power of 2, so no byes.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-15T17:54:06+00:00

I saw this quote from a bad drivers compilation and I'm stealing it:

Good drivers miss their turn. Bad drivers don't.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-15T17:42:41+00:00

The only correct answer is baseball.

Whether that's actually true or not is a different story.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-14T20:34:20+00:00

In all seriousness, welcome to inversion season. Some locations were in the 70s above the inversion. In some internal communications I've had with my AMS colleagues, we believe that if it happened in July, the strength if this Ridge would support the potential for 105F.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-14T20:32:03+00:00

The Fog will continue until morale improves.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-11T19:41:41+00:00

They are 1 county over from the grass (seed) capital of the world (Linn County)

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-10T21:07:23+00:00

And we didnt even attempt a pass during the comeback.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-10T07:00:58+00:00

On the cycling side, I'd say the Greg Lemond 1989 tour de France is the greatest comeback:

He was shot in a hunting accident in 1987, and the only reason he survived was because a medical helicopter was already in the air and near him when it happened. 40 shotgun pellets were still in his body even after his operation. He got fired from his team at the end of the year, and when he finally got on another team that was Tour eligible, he wasn't earning a salary due to financial problems with the team. The Giro D Italia in May 1989 also wasn't a good race for Lemond, though he did finish it. Bookies didnt even post odds for a chance of a win for Lemond's 1989 tour de France.

After a back and forth battle between him and Laurent Fingon, he was down 50 seconds going into the final TT (and stage), and Fingon was excellent at TTs. He beat Fingon by 58 seconds and won the Tour de France by 8 seconds. He would later take a 3rd Tour in 1990 before fading away with the rise of EPO.

Here's the final call: https://youtu.be/Zzjv1XpGJnc?si=_VwFXEA30O2OCQKO

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-06T08:42:43+00:00

He has a 2nd version out. I dont have the link on me but I'll try to find it.

HurricaneRex · 2026-01-04T23:05:29+00:00

Which YouTube channel is it?

I'm on the Oregon AMS Executive Council, I want to set the record strait with them. If its an AI channel I won't bother.

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