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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 23, 20256 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this high wind warning at Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 24, 2025, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM PST (04:30 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2025, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2025, 2:00 PM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Columbia County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 301 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2025-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2025-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 12:48 AM PSTWind AdvisoryPDTCrook, Deschutes, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman and 2 more11 hr
Dec 24, 6:13 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryPDTGilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, Wheeler5 hr
Dec 23, 9:37 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryPDTColumbia, Walla Walla8 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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.