Portland Tornado Catches People By Surprise, Overturns Trucks

PORTLAND, OR – There may not have been someone on a broomstick, flying around, and threatening young women and their little dogs but there was definitely a tornado in Portland on Sunday, Oct. 28. It touched down in north Portland.

The National Weather Service's Portland office says it happened around 3 p.m., touching down just south of Marine Drive by Portland Meadows.

There were no reported injuries or significant damage.

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There were some trees that got snapped. One building had its roof damaged, and three semi-trailers were overturned.

The weather service says that the tornado measures as a EF-0, the least powerful measured tornado.

Graphic via National Weather Service's Portland office.