PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday a boisterous round of storms dumped record rainfall on the Portland metro area and even stirred up a funnel cloud.
The National Weather Service reported 0.79 inches of rainfall in Portland today, the wettest August 10 on record. Almost two-thirds of an inch of rain fell in just one hour, between 5 p.m and 6 p.m.
Drivers on I-205 northbound going over the Glenn Jackson Bridge felt the rain in a big way when a huge puddle formed in two of the lanes.
The lanes had to be closed, snarling traffic for miles.
Meantime, Socrates Davis in Dundee sent us a photo of a funnel cloud she spotted near Dundee. We sent it to the National Weather Service, and experts there say that’s exactly what it appears to be. They say it probably formed when a heavy cell moved through the area.
As the storms passed through, people across the area took out their phones to document the wet weather in their neck of the woods.
Some places were bypassed altogether. K.D. Wilson posted a video on the KGW Facebook page, showing blue skies at Rockaway Beach on the Oregon coast.
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