Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Pendleton, OR

Issued

Jul 7, 2002, 6:02 PM PDT (01:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2002, 6:45 PM PDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Pendleton, OR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

936 
WUUS56 KPDT 080102
SVRPDT
ORC059-061-080145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
602 PM PDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL UMATILLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OREGON
  CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OREGON

* UNTIL 645 PM PDT

* AT 554 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANDE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELGIN AT 600 PM PDT AND WILL MOVE OVER RURAL NORTH CENTRAL UNION  
  COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL UMITILLA COUNTY BETWEEN 615 AND 645 PM PDT.
  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL.

LAT...LON 4529 11832 4529 11796 4570 11792 4570 11834

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 2:35 PM PDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
235 PM PDT SUN JUL 7 2002

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED ONSHORE...AND STARTING TO CROSS OVER
TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE CASCADES. CONVECTIVE SHOWERS ARE FORMING
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...SOUTH OF MADRAS AND NORTH
OF JOHN DAY EXTENDING INTO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AS SEEN ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY AND RADAR. THIS SYSTEM IS VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST...AND THE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE WITH
HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THE
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...DRY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
FOLLOW TOMORROW AS A RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON MONDAY. BY TUESDAY...THE TEMPERATURE WILL START TO WARM
AGAIN. PALMER

EXTENDED...A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY PROVIDING
SUNNY SKIES AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES. AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST ON
THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MOISTURE WILL MIGRATE NORTHWARD IN THE
THE AREA AROUND THE EDGE OF THE RIDGE. THIS MOISTURE AND THE
RECEDING RIDGE WILL INCREASE THE INSTABILITY OVER CENTRAL OREGON...
THE OCHOCOS AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN HOT AND
DRY. BY SATURDAY THE 850 MB TEMPERATURES AND VARIOUS THICKNESS
VALUES WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY SUGGESTING THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
SLIGHTLY.  COONFIELD

PDT 3200  ALW 3200  PSC 3000  YKM 3000

KPDT...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.

.KPDT...NONE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.